PHYS-4961: General
Relativity
ASTR-4240: Gravitation
& Cosmology
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Introduction to the physics of gravitation and spacetime, with an emphasis on cosmological applications. Special relativity, tensor calculus, and relativistic electrodynamics. Riemannian geometry. Einstein’s field equations. Observable consequences of general relativity (gravitational time dilation; gravitational lensing; frame dragging; gravitational radiation). The physics of nonrotating and rotating black holes. Relativistic models for the large-scale structure of the Universe. Observational constraints on the cosmological parameters. Big Bang nucleosynthesis, the Cosmic Background Radiation. |
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