Syllabus
1. Overview
2. Plasma
3. Physics of quark-hadron phase transititon
4. Short introduction to modern cosmology
5. Expansion law of the Universe
6. Simple cosmological models
7. Hot Big Bang
8. Phase transitions in the early universe
9. Primordial nucleosynthesis and the origin of light elements
10. Compact stars
11. Dark matter, dark energy
12. The inflationary universe * Literature * An introduction to modern cosmology. Andrew Liddle * Chichester, UK: Wiley (1998) 129 p. * The Big Bang Joseph Silk * Quark-gluon plasma: From big bang to little bang. K. Yagi, T. Hatsuda, Y. Miake Camb.Monogr.Part.Phys.Nucl.Phys.Cosmol.23:1-446,2005. * Hadrons and quark - gluon plasma. Jean Letessier, Johann Rafelski Camb.Monogr.Part.Phys.Nucl.Phys.Cosmol.18:1-397,2002.
Annotation
Lecture is an introductory course on states of matter under extreme conditions. It covers a broad range of phenomena ranging from electromagnetic plasma through high temperature and/or high density phases of nuclear matter to highly speculative forms of matter why may be responsible for the initial accelerated expansion of the Universe at its earliest moments (inflation) or for its recent acceleration (dark energy).
The lecture may also serve as a brief introduction to nuclear and particle physics related chapters of modern cosmology.