Harvard University Department of Astronomy

The Cosmological Constant Schedule At 51 Brattle St. except where noted otherwise. A Harvard square map is here. Time Topic First Day: Context and theory 9:00 am The puzzle and question: brief intro 9:30 The players: Cosmic Inventory 10:30-10:45 Break 10:45-12:15 The stage: History of the Universe 12:15 Lunch 1:15 Kinematics I and Inflation 3:15-3:30 Break 3:30 Theories of Lambda and of maybe not lambda 7:30 pm Evening Lowell Lecture on the Infrared Cosmos by G. Fazio at Hayden Planetarium (group is waitlisted for tickets, tickets released at 7:15 pm at Planetarium, Boston Museum of Science) Second Day: Kinematics and related observations 9:00 am The Friedmann equation and kinematics Classical Cosmological Tests: Age Test 10:15 Break 10:30 Classical Cosmological Tests: SN Test 12:00 Lunch 1:15 pm Visit to Hectospec (D. Fabricant) meet at 1:00 pm at Brattle St., walk to 160 Concord Ave. 1:45 ~ 2 Classical Cosmological Tests: Alcock-Paczynski Test 3:30 Break 3:45 Classical Cosmological Tests: Lensing Counts                         Third Day: Curvature and structure formation tests, current status and outlook 9 am Curvature of space: the cosmic microwave background 10:30 Break 10:45 Omegam Structure formation Cluster baryon fraction 12:30 Lunch 1:30 Visit to MEGACAM (B. McLeod) meet at Porter Exchange, 1815 Mass. Ave. 2:30 Afternoon lectures to be held at Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, 60 Garden Street , Pratt Auditorium Recap and synthesis: current directions and questions 3:30 Break 3:45 The future of the universe Future directions Course home page: http://astron.berkeley.edu/~jcohn/chaut/ Home Syllabus References Lecture References Useful Links Contact Info