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       Cosmology 
               Massimo Pietroni - Università di Firenze 
         Sergio Ferrara - CERN 
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  The plan of the course is (time permitting): 
    
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  Friedmann-Robertson-Walker Universe, Friedmann equations.
  Thermal history of the Universe. Equilibrium vs. non-equilibrium.
  Decouplings from the thermal bath: photons, neutrinos, WIMPs, baryogenesis and leptogenesis
  Inflation and the generation of cosmic perturbations
  Cosmic Microwave Background, Large Scale Structure. Dark Matter and Dark Energy
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  Bibliography: 
    
  S. Dodelson, Modern Cosmology, Acedemic Press 
  V. Mikhanov, Physical foundations of Cosmology, Cambridge U.P. 
  D.H. Lyth, A.R. Liddle, The primordial density perturbation, Cambridge U.P. 
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