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From the Big Bang to Dark Energy

The University of Tokyo

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We have learned a lot recently about how the Universe evolved in 13.7 billion years since the Big Bang. More than 80% of matter in the Universe is mysterious Dark Matter, which made stars and galaxies to form. The newly discovered Higgs-boson became frozen into the Universe a trillionth of a second after the Big Bang and brought order to the Universe. Yet we still do not know how ordinary matter (atoms) survived against total annihilation by Anti-Matter. The expansion of the Universe started acceleration about 7 billion years ago and the Universe is being ripped apart. The culprit is Dark Energy, a mysterious energy multiplying in vacuum. I will present evidence behind these startling discoveries and discuss what we may learn in the near future.
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Hitoshi Murayama

MacAdams Professor of Physics, University of California, Berkeley

University Professor, Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (Kavli IPMU), The University of Tokyo Institutes for Advanced Study (UTIAS)

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Week1

Week 1

9 hours to complete

From Daily Life to the Big Bang

Understanding the Universe in which we live and how to probe it can begin with simple daily life experiences such as night and day and the four seasons. Starting from these observations, we will take a journey from our local Earth at the present time all the way to the edge of the universe and back to its birth, learning the techniques and findings in modern physics that provide us this understanding.

9 hours to complete

12 videos (Total 95 min), 3 readings, 14 quizzes

12 videos

Course Preview1mIntroduction8m1-1 Night and Day, and Four Seasons9m1-2 Revolution of the Earth5m1-3 Why Elliptic?8m1-4 Why Does Everything Fall the Same Way?8m1-5 Beginning of the Universe Look Far into the Past I13m1-6 Beginning of the Universe Look Far into the Past II5m1-7 Beginning of the Universe Look Far into the Past III6m1-8 Beginning of the Universe Look Far into the Past IV8m1-9 Beginning of the Universe Look Far into the Past V10m1-10 Cosmic Expansion6m

3 readings

Course Description10mSyllabus10mAbout Optional Challenge Problems10m

14 practice exercises

Practice Quiz 1-130mPractice Quiz 1-230mGraded Quiz 1-130mPractice Quiz 1-330mPractice Quiz 1-430mGraded Quiz 1-230mPractice Quiz 1-530mPractice Quiz 1-630mPractice Quiz 1-730mPractice Quiz 1-830mPractice Quiz 1-930mPractice Quiz 1-1030mGraded Quiz 1-330mOptional Challenge Problem 130m

Week2

Week 2

7 hours to complete

Birth of Elements and Higgs Boson

7 hours to complete

9 videos (Total 97 min)

9 videos

2-1 Birth of Elements I5m2-2 Birth of Elements II11m2-3 Birth of Elements III6m2-4 Birth of Elements IV9m2-5 Birth of Elements V14m2-6 Higgs Boson Frozen into the Universe I7m2-7 Higgs Boson Frozen into the Universe II13m2-8 Higgs Boson Frozen into the Universe III15m2-9 Higgs Boson Frozen into the Universe IV12m

11 practice exercises

Practice Quiz 2-130mPractice Quiz 2-230mPractice Quiz 2-330mPractice Quiz 2-430mPractice Quiz 2-530mGraded Quiz 2-130mPractice Quiz 2-630mPractice Quiz 2-730mPractice Quiz 2-830mPractice Quiz 2-930mGraded Quiz 2-230m

Week3

Week 3

7 hours to complete

Dark Matter and Anti-Matter

In this module, we will learn about dark matter and anti-matter -- some of the more mysterious sides of the Universe. We know dark matter played an important role in the formation of stars and galaxies, but much of properties are still unknown to us. In another strange mystery, we will see how the beginning of the universe started with equal amounts of matter and anti-matter, yet somehow only matter (which we are composed of!) survived.

7 hours to complete

8 videos (Total 83 min), 1 reading, 11 quizzes

8 videos

3-1 Power Spectrum11m3-2 Dark Matter I6m3-3 Dark Matter II10m3-4 Nature of Dark Matter I9m3-5 Nature of Dark Matter II9m3-6 Neutrinos and Anti-Matter I13m3-7 Neutrinos and Anti-Matter II13m3-8 Neutrinos and Anti-Matter III9m

1 reading

About Optional Challenge Problems10m

11 practice exercises

Practice Quiz 3-130mPractice Quiz 3-230mPractice Quiz 3-330mPractice Quiz 3-430mPractice Quiz 3-530mGraded Quiz 3-130mPractice Quiz 3-630mPractice Quiz 3-730mPractice Quiz 3-830mGraded Quiz 3-230mOptional Challenge Problem 230m

Week4

Week 4

8 hours to complete

Inflation and Dark Energy

8 hours to complete

17 videos (Total 216 min), 1 reading, 9 quizzes

17 videos

4-1 Inflation and Uncertainty Principle I (Inflation)15m4-2 Inflation and Uncertainty Principle II (Uncertainty Principle I )12m4-3 Inflation and Uncertainty Principle III (Uncertainty Principle II )10m4-4 Fate of the Universe5m4-5 Dark Energy9m4-6 Big Rip6m4-7 Future Observations11m4-8 Wrap-up5mExtra Lecture 1 Theoretical Discovery of Higgs Boson8mExtra Lecture 2-1 Discovery of Neutrino Oscillations and Neutrino Mass I13mExtra Lecture 2-2 Discovery of Neutrino Oscillations and Neutrino Mass II12mExtra Lecture 3-1 Discovery of Gravitational Waves I7mExtra Lecture 3-2 Discovery of Gravitational Waves II11mExtra Lecture 3-3 Discovery of Gravitational Waves III10mExtra Lecture 3-4 Discovery of Gravitational Waves IV4mExtra Lecture 4-1 Theoretical Foundation of Black Hole33mExtra Lecture 4-2 Observational Evidence of Black Hole36m

1 reading

Introduction1m

9 practice exercises

Practice Quiz 4-130mPractice Quiz 4-230mPractice Quiz 4-330mGraded Quiz 4-130mPractice Quiz 4-430mPractice Quiz 4-530mPractice Quiz 4-630mPractice Quiz 4-730mGraded Quiz 4-230m

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TOP REVIEWS FROM FROM THE BIG BANG TO DARK ENERGY

by DSMay 24, 2017

Engaging whirlwind tour of some big questions in cosmology and high-energy physics. The instructor's wry humor adds a special twist to an informative summary of the state of play as of 2015 or so,

by LFFeb 28, 2016

This was an excellent course! It was very interesting, well-explained, and easy to follow (even for someone like me, who isn't necessarily up-to-date on mathematics). Can't recommend enough!

by DCDec 5, 2019

Professor Hitoshi Murayama is a great lecturer. His passion for the research conducted and explained in the lectures is evident and helped motivate me to complete the course. Absolutely brilliant man!

by VVMar 14, 2017

I loved this course... It made me realise how small we are yet how big!!! It helped me understand various aspects of universe and also about quantum physics...

Thank you so much for the course..

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