Why CMB physics?

Abstract

The aim of these lectures is to introduce some basic problems arising in gravitation and modern cosmology. All along the discussion the guiding theme is provided by the phenomenological and theoretical properties of the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB). These lectures have been prepared for a regular Phd course of the University of Milan-Bicocca.

179 pages, 27 figures

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• Clarifying Inflation Models: Slow-roll as an expansion in 1/N_{efolds}
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• Transfer matrices for magnetized CMB anisotropies
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