THE PHYSICS OF THE EARLY UNIVERSE

By AMELIA ROBINSON

CONTENTS 1 AN INTRODUCTION TO THE PHYSICS OF THE EARLY UNIVERSE 2 COSMOLOGICAL PERTURBATION THEORY 3 COSMIC MICROWAVE BACKGROUND ANISOTROPIES 4 OBSERVATIONAL COSMOLOGY 5 DARK MATTER AND DARK ENERGY 6 STRING COSMOLOGY 7 BRANE-WORLD COSMOLOGY 8 GRAVITATIONAL WAVE ASTRONOMY: THE HIGH FREQUENCY WINDOW 9 COMPUTATIONAL BLACK HOLE DYNAMICS