Sukhdeep Singh GillCosmology

Resources

A cosmology reading list

Books, lecture notes and video courses I recommend for learning cosmology on your own, followed by the surveys and telescopes that matter most for my research.

Books

  • General relativity

    • The Classical Theory of Fields · L. D. Landau & E. M. Lifshitz

  • Particle physics

    • An Introductory Course of Particle Physics · Palash B. Pal

  • Cosmology

    • Introduction to Cosmology · Barbara Ryden
    • Modern Cosmology · Scott Dodelson
    • Physical Foundations of Cosmology · Viatcheslav Mukhanov
    • The Large-Scale Structure of the Universe · P. J. E. Peebles

  • The early Universe

    • The Early Universe · Edward W. Kolb & Michael S. Turner
    • Introduction to the Theory of the Early Universe: Cosmological Perturbations and Inflationary Theory · D. S. Gorbunov & V. A. Rubakov

  • Dark matter

    • An Introduction to Particle Dark Matter · Stefano Profumo

Lecture notes & reviews

Video lectures

  • Lectures on general relativity · Frederic P. SchullerYouTube
  • Lectures on cosmology · V. A. RubakovYouTube
  • Lectures on cosmology · Antonio RiottoYouTube
  • Lectures on particle dark matter · Stefano ProfumoYouTube
  • TASI 2017: Primordial Cosmology · Daniel BaumannTASI videos

Surveys & telescopes

The surveys most relevant to my research. Amber marks galaxy surveys and blue marks radio telescopes.

Galaxy survey

DESI

Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument. Builds a 3D map of galaxies and quasars to study dark energy.

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Radio telescope

SKA

Square Kilometre Array. Next-generation radio telescopes in South Africa and Australia, central to 21-cm cosmology.

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Galaxy survey

Euclid

ESA space telescope mapping the shapes and distances of galaxies across a third of the sky.

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Galaxy survey

LSST

Legacy Survey of Space and Time at the Vera C. Rubin Observatory: a ten-year survey of the southern sky.

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Galaxy surveys

6dF & 2dF

The 6dF Galaxy Survey and the 2dF Galaxy Redshift Survey, pioneering maps of the nearby Universe.

6dFGS 2dFGRS

Microwave background

Planck

ESA satellite that mapped the cosmic microwave background in exquisite detail between 2009 and 2013.

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Infrared telescope

JWST

James Webb Space Telescope, observing some of the earliest galaxies in the Universe.

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