Cosmic Topology
- http://fr.arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/9605010
- General relativity does not allow one to specify the topology of space, leaving the possibility that space is multi- rather than simply- connected. This paper reviews the mathematical properties of multi-connected spaces, and the different tools to classify them and to analyse their properties.
Cosmological Models
- http://it.arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/9812046
- The aim of this set of lectures is a systematic presentation of a 1+3 covariant approach to studying the geometry, dynamics, and observational properties of relativistic cosmological models.
Cosmology
- http://www.superstringtheory.com/cosmo/index.html
- From the Official String Theory Website. Basic and advanced tutorials on the age and structure of the universe, the Big Bang, and the relation of string theory to cosmology.
From Newton's Laws to the Wheeler-deWitt equation
- http://arxiv.org/abs/physics/9806004
- This is a pedagogical paper which explains some ideas in cosmology at a level accessible to undergraduate students. Following standard quantization procedures the Wheeler-DeWitt equation in the minisuperspace approximation is derived for empty and non-empty universes.
Introduction to Cosmology - Astrophysics
- http://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/9312022
- These notes form an introduction to cosmology with special emphasis on large scale structure, the cmb anisotropy and inflation. In some places a basic familiarity with particle physics is assumed, but otherwise no special knowledge is needed.
Minkowski Functionals in Cosmology
- http://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/9508154
- Minkowski functionals provide a novel tool to characterize the large-scale galaxy distribution in the Universe. Here we give a brief tutorial on the basic features of these morphological measures and indicate their practical application for simulation data and galaxy redshift catalogues as examples.
Particle Aspects of Cosmology and Baryogenesis
- http://arxiv.org/abs/hep-ph/0302020
- An introduction to particle aspects of cosmology with particular reference to primordial nucleosynthesis, dark matter and baryogenesis is provided. In particular, various scenarios-GUT baryogenesis, electroweak baryogenesis and baryogenesis through leptogenesis are reviewed.
Stephen Hawking's Universe
- http://www.thirteen.org/hawking/
- Detailed explanations of the most important ideas and developments in human understanding of the universe. Includes original essays by some of today's leading figures in cosmology, along with original illustrations, program descriptions, explanations of cosmological terms and theories, and brief biographies. Also, the Ask the Experts section encourages the audience to submit questions, some of which will be answered by experts in the field.
The Cosmological Constant
- http://super.colorado.edu/~michaele/Lambda/lambda.html
- The following pages present a discussion of the role the cosmological constant plays in modern cosmology. They are designed to offer an overview of how the cosmological constant alters standard cosmology, and to discuss whether a non-zero cosmological constant exists today.
