Dark matter and phase transitions

Special lectures on dark matter and cosmological phase transitions in the early universe, given at the UNG in 2021.
Topic Contents Notes
1. Dark matter: basics of cosmology, DM properties, candidates, lifetime, thermal freeze-out of WIMPs, sterile neutrinos, freeze-in, entropy dilution pdf

2. Phase transitions and Gravitational waves: effective and thermal potentials, first order phase transitions, EW baryogenesis, false vacuum decay rates, bounce calculations, nucleation temperature, GW sources and spectra pdf

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