Introductory
Questionnaire/Pre-Reading Assignment, due July 17
(email to csealfon [at] wcupa.edu)
A link to a nice overview of cosmology (optional reading)
Participants for Cosmology
Crash Course at WCU:
Name Affiliation
Miguel Abele WCU
Solomon Abiola
Elio Angilè UPenn
Ben Burner WCU
Devin Crichton KwaZulu-Natal
Sean Frazier
Nick Hand
Matt Lewandowski UPenn
Nicholas Loutrel
Darell Moodley KwaZulu-Natal
Meira Pitkapaasi WCU
Linh Truong UPenn
Lecturers: Viviana Acquaviva (
All sessions will be held in Merion Science Center room 109.
Sessions will involve mini-lectures, group problems and exercises, and computer labs.
Monday,
July 20
11:00am-1:30pm Welcome Lunch (Traditions Dining Room,
1:30pm-3:00pm Session 1 (Standard Model of Cosmology: Big Picture)
3:00pm-3:15pm Break
3:15pm-4:45pm Session 2 (Standard Model of Cosmology: Big Picture)
4:45pm-6:15pm Break/Dinner (dining hall)
6:15pm-7:15pm Optional office hours/study session
Tuesday, July 21
7:15am-9:00am Breakfast Available (dining hall)
9:00am-10:30am Session 3 (Friedmann-Robertson-Walker Universes)
10:30am-10:45am Break
10:45am-12:15pm Session 4 (Friedmann-Robertson-Walker Universes)
12:15pm-1:30pm Lunch
1:30pm-3:00pm Session 5 (Evolution of FRW Universes)
3:00pm-3:15pm Break
3:15pm-4:45pm Session 6 (Evolution of FRW Universes: Lab)
4:45pm-6:15pm Break/Dinner
6:15pm-7:15pm Optional office hours/study session
Wednesday, July 22
7:15am-9:00am Breakfast Available (dining hall)
9:00am-10:30am Session 7 (Large-Scale Structure: Linear Theory)
10:30am-10:45am Break
10:45am-12:15pm Session 8 (Large-Scale Structure: Nonlinear Theory)
12:15pm-1:30pm Lunch (dining hall)
1:30pm-3:00pm Session 9 (Large-Scale Structure: Lab)
3:00pm-3:15pm Break
3:15pm-4:45pm Session 10 (Gravitational Lensing)
5:00pm-6:00pm Optional office hours/study session
6:00pm-8:00pm Pizza & Movie: BLAST!*
*Special thanks to Mark Devlin
Thursday, July 23
7:15am-9:00am Breakfast Available (dining hall)
9:00am-10:30am Session 11 (Cosmic Microwave Background Theory)
10:30am-10:45am Break
10:45am-12:15pm Session 12 (Cosmic Microwave Background Theory)
12:15pm-1:30pm Lunch (dining hall)
1:30pm-3:00pm Session 13 (CMB Lensing: Lab)
3:00pm-3:15pm Break
3:15pm-4:45pm Session 14 (CMB Experiment)
4:45pm-6:00pm Break
6:00pm-8:00pm Last-Night-of-Course Dinner (at La Tolteca)
Friday, July 24
7:15am-9:00am Breakfast Available (dining hall)
9:00am-11:00am Session 15 (Analysis/Statistics + Lab)
11:00am-11:15am Break
11:15am-12:45pm Session 16 (Wrap-up)
12:45pm-2:00pm Lunch (dining hall)
2:00pm The End!
The material covered in the crash course will be roughly at the level of Barbara Ryden’s introductory cosmology text. It is assumed participants have completed at least junior-level coursework in physics and mathematics, especially including an intermediate mechanics course.
Contact: Dr. Carolyn Sealfon, csealfon [at] wcupa.edu
Campus Map. Parking is available (without a permit during the summer) in Lot K.
Bus from Philadelphia (stops on campus right near Merion Hall)
Nearest train station: Exton (Amtrak and Septa R5 Regional Rail)
Local Taxis: Acar Taxi: 610-644-2323 ; Rainbow Cab: 610-696-6060
Topics and lecturers for the ACT Summer School
at UPenn
(the
week following the Cosmology Crash Course):
Cosmic Microwave Background Lensing: Sudeep Das, David Spergel
Galaxy Clusters: Jack Hughes, Felipe Menanteau
Weak Lensing of Galaxies: Gary Bernstein, Mike Jarvis
Photometric Redshifts: Felipe
Menanteau, Marcos
Contact: Dr. Marcos Lima, mlima [at] sas.upenn.edu