PHYS-4961: General Relativity

ASTR-4240: Gravitation & Cosmology

 

Tentative Schedule - Spring, 2009

 

Class

Date

Read*

Topic

1

1/13

1.1-4

Newtonian Gravity

2

1/16

1.5-6

Equivalence Principle

3

1/20

1.8-9

Tidal Forces

4

1/23

2.1-2

Introduction to Special Relativity

5

1/27

2.3-4

Tensor Fields

6

1/30

2.5,7

Relativistic Electrodynamics

7

2/3

3.1-2

Relativistic Field Theories

8

2/6

3.3-4

Weak-Field Gravity

9

2/10

3.5-6

Weak-Field Gravity

10

2/13

 

Quiz 1

 

2/17

 

NO CLASS (Monday schedule)

11

2/20

4.1-2

Weak-Field Tests of GR

12

2/24

4.3-4

Weak-Field Tests of GR

13

   2/27

4.7

Lense-Thirring Effect

14

3/3

5.1-2

Gravitational Waves

15

3/6

5.3-4

Gravitational Waves

 

3/10

 

NO CLASS (Spring Break)

 

3/13

 

NO CLASS (Spring Break)

16

3/17

5.6

Gravitational Wave Detectors

Lecture Slides

17

3/20

6.1-2

Riemannian Geometry I

18

3/24

6.3-4

Riemannian Geometry II

19

3/27

6.5

Riemannian Geometry III

20

3/31

6.6

Riemannian Geometry IV

21

4/3

 

Quiz 2

22

4/7

7.1-3

Einstein’s Field Equations

23

4/10

7.4 & 6

The Schwarzschild Solution

24

4/14

8.1-3

Black Holes I

25

4/17

8.4-6

Black Holes II

26

4/21

 

Cosmology I

Lecture Slides

27

4/24

 

Cosmology II

28

4/28

 

Quiz 3

 

*Required reading in Ohanian & Ruffini.

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