PHYS-4240: General Relativity
ASTR-4240: Gravitation & Cosmology
General Information
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Instructor |
Professor Wayne G. Roberge (roberw at rpi dot
edu) Science Center Room 1C36 276-6454 |
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Office Hours |
Tues.
& Wed. |
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TA |
Jennifer Carter (cartej6 at
rpi dot edu) |
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TA Office Hours |
TBA |
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Class Meetings |
Tues & Fri, 12:00-1:50 in Ricketts 212 NOTE THE ROOM CHANGE! |
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Attendance |
Attendance
is not required but in-class activities count toward the final grade. |
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Learning Assessment |
Problem
sets (40%), 2 exams (40%) and in-class activities (20%). |
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Learning Outcomes |
A student who
successfully completes this course will be able to: ·
Solve problems in Special and General Relativity. ·
Express physical statements in covariant form. ·
Use a metric tensor to relate coordinates to observables. ·
Identify event horizons and sufaces
of infinite redshift. ·
Describe the · Describe models
with nonzero cosmological constant. |
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Text |
Gravitation and Spacetime, 2nd Edition, by H. Ohanian and R. Ruffini (required).
Be sure to check the online errata list frequently. |
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Academic Honesty |
Students are responsible for upholding the rules of
academic honesty as spelled out in the Rensselaer
Handbook. Students are encouraged to collaborate on homework but must
write up solutions independently. Students may not copy or paraphrase homework solutions obtained
from the internet, textbooks, or any other sources. A single instance of
cheating will result in a failing grade for the course. |
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