Prerequisites: graduate standing; PHYS 226
Description: An introduction to current research in par- ticle astrophysics: the very early universe, the origin of matter, primordial perturbations, the origin of struc- ture, the nature of dark matter, vacuum energy, mat- ter-antimatter asymmetry, neutrino astrophysics, gravi- tational radiation, black holes, the origin of ultrahigh energy cosmic rays, and Hawking radiation. Students whose research is related to cosmology or astroparti- cle physics receive a letter grade; other students receive a letter grade or
Credit: Satisfactory (S) or No Credit (NC) grade.