Class

Date

Read

Topic

Hand In

1

1/14

1.1-4

Newtonian Gravity

2

1/17

1.5-6

The Equivalence Principle

3

1/21

1.8-9

Tidal Forces

4

1/24

2.1-4

Flat Spacetime

Prob. Set 1

5

1/28

Tensor Analysis

6

1/31

2.5,7

Relativistic Electrodynamics

7

2/4

3.1-2

Field Equations for Linear Gravity

8

2/7

3.3-4

Interaction of Gravity with Matter

Prob. Set 2

9

2/11

3.5-6

Curved Spacetime

10

2/14

4.1-4

Applications of Linear Gravity

2/18

NO CLASS

11

2/21

4.5-6

Gravitational Lensing

Prob. Set 3

12

2/25

5.1-2

Gravitational Radiation

13

2/28

5.3-4

Sources of Gravitational Waves

14

¾

6.1-2

Covariant Differentiation

15

3/7

6.3-4

Geodesic Equation, Metric Tensor

16

3/18

6.5-6

Spacetime Curvature

Prob. Set 4

17

3/21

7.1-3

Einstein's Field Equations

18

3/25

7.4

The Schwarzschild Metric

19

3/28

8.1-3

Nonrotating Black Holes

20

4/1

8.4-6

Rotating Black Holes

21

4/4

8.7

Hawking Radiation

22

4/8

9.7-9

Relativistic World Models

23

4/11

9.1-4

The Cosmological Parameters

24

4/15

9.6

Dark Matter and Energy

25

4/18

9.5

Cosmic Background Radiation

26

4/22

10.1-3

The Early Universe: I

27

4/25

10.4-5

The Early Universe: II

28

4/29

10.5-6

Cosmic Inflation