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.

Back to course homepage<!--#exec cmd="/var/www/cgi-bin/wrap /nicolle" -->

Last modified 4/24/09.