Final Papers --- Physics 371, Introduction to Cosmology
This page contains the final papers from the students who took
Physics 371, the graduate course in cosmology at the University
of Chicago, in Spring 2006. (At least, those who were willing to
share their papers with the world.) The
assignment was to examine
a recent research paper in cosmology, explaining the important
background, results of the paper, and any relevant critique or
larger context.
All files are in pdf.
- Lindsey Bleem, Cosmological Structure Formation and
Large-Scale Magnetic Fields
- Shane
Caldwell, Constraints on a
Deviation of GN During Nucleosynthesis from Recent
Analysis
- Tudor Costin, Dark Energy
and Dark Matter as Curvature Effects
- Cora Dvorkin, On the Large-Angle Anomalies of the Microwave
Sky
- Samuel Gralla, Cosmology with Candles and
Sirens
- Stephen Green, The Effect of Inhomogeneities on the
Luminosity Distance-Redshift Relation: is Dark Energy Necessary in a
Perturbed Universe?
- Sarah Hansen, Signature of Baryon Oscillation in the
Distribution of Galaxies
- Ryan Hennessey, Implications of a Running Spectral Index for Slow Roll Inflation
- Andrew
Hill, On the Quantum Dynamics of
Thermalization
- Chen-Lung Hung, Can Primordial Inflation Explain Why the Universe
is Accelerating Today?
- Imai Jen-La Plante, Decomposing the Universe
- Pryanka Jindal, Magnetic Field Generation from
Cosmological Perturbations
- Nathan Keim, CMB Polarization
Singularities
- Ryan Keisler, Constaints
on Supernova Dimming from Photon-Pseudoscalar Coupling
- Valentin Kostov, Critical Analysis of "Vacuum Energy: Myths and
Reality," by Grigory Volovik
- Erwin
Lau, Baryon Acoustic Oscillations as a
Probe of Dark Energy
- Ying Li, The Role of Black Holes in Galaxy
Mergers
- Jock McOrist, Big Bang Models in String
Theory
- Jeff Meyer, Cosmic Topology: Methods of Detection and Constraints
from CMB Anisotropy
- Michael Mortonson, Modified Gravity Theories in the Palatini
Approach and Observational Constraints
- John
Royer, High-Resolution
Cavity Searches for Axions
- Laura
Schmidt, A Review Of: "A New
Cosmic Microwave Background Constraint to Primordial Gravitational
Waves"
- Daniel Schnitzer, Are
Cosmological Perturbations Capable of Producing Magnetic Fields?
- Reid Sherman, The Integrated
Sachs-Wolfe Effect: Evidence for Dark Energy
- Paul Spyridis, Direct Detection of the Inflationary
Gravitational Wave Background
- Jonathan Stricker, Using the Sachs-Wolfe Effect to Limit
Dark Energy
- Xibo Zhang, Three-Year WMAP Results:
Implications for Inflation