PHYS-4240: General
Relativity
ASTR-4240: Gravitation
& Cosmology
Tentative Schedule -
Spring, 2011
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Class |
Day |
Date |
Read* |
Topic |
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1 |
T |
1/25 |
1.1-4 |
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2 |
F |
1/28 |
1.5-6 |
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3 |
T |
2/1 |
1.7-8 |
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4 |
F |
2/4 |
2.1-2 |
Spacetime
Physics |
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5 |
T |
2/8 |
2.3-4 |
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6 |
F |
2/11 |
2.5 & 7 |
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7 |
T |
2/15 |
3.1-2 |
Relativistic
Field Theories |
|
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8 |
F |
2/18 |
3.3-4 |
General Relativity – Weak Field Limit |
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9 |
T |
2/22 |
3.5-6 |
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|
10 |
F |
2/25 |
4.1-2 |
Observational
Tests of GR (with notes) |
|
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11 |
T |
3/1 |
4.3-4 |
Observational
Tests of GR |
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12 |
F |
3/4 |
4.3-4 |
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13 |
T |
3/8 |
|
Exam 1 |
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|
14 |
F |
3/11 |
4.7 |
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3/15 |
|
NO CLASS (Spring Break) |
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3/18 |
|
NO CLASS (Spring Break) |
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15 |
T |
3/22 |
6.1-2 |
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16 |
F |
3/25 |
6.3-4 |
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17 |
T |
3/29 |
6.5-6 |
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18 |
F |
4/1 |
7.1-4 |
Einstein’s Field Equations |
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19 |
T |
4/5 |
8.1-3 |
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20 |
F |
4/8 |
8.4-6 |
Black
Holes (activity from 4/5) Black
Holes (activity
from 4/8) |
|
|
|
T |
4/12 |
|
NO CLASS (GM WEEK) |
|
|
21 |
F |
4/15 |
9.7 |
|
|
|
22 |
T |
4/19 |
7.3 |
Cosmology
II (slides) |
|
|
23 |
F |
4/22 |
9.8-10 |
|
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|
24 |
T |
4/26 |
6.6 |
|
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|
25 |
F |
4/29 |
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26 |
T |
5/3 |
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27 |
F |
5/6 |
|
Exam 2 |
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28 |
T |
5/10 |
|
Cosmology
VI |
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*Numbers in red are required
reading from Chapter 1 of the 3rd (unpublished) edition of Ohanian
& Ruffini, which you should have received by email. Numbers in black are
required reading from the 2nd edition of Ohanian & Ruffini,
which you should purchase.
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