Readings

Read Chapters 5, 6 and 7 of The Inflationary Universe (and optional: Chapter 4 of the First Three Minutes)

Homework 9

Due Friday April 23

The questions are based on the readings

1. Is the neutron a stable particle? Justify your answer
2. What are the main nuclei produced in the big bang? What is their composition?
3. What are the fundamental interactions and their main effects?
4. What is asymptotic freedom?

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