PHY 413 Gravitation

Semester: Fall (Occasonally)
Credit Hours: 4

Motivation for a metric theory of gravity, principle of equivalence, principle of general covariance, mathematical tools, curvature tensor, Einstein field equations and solutions, energy momentum tensor, weak field approximation. Applications and optional topics include experimental tests; black holes; relativistic star models; cosmological models; early stages of evolution of the universe; gravitational waves

syllabus

1. Introduction: tensor algebra and analysis.
2. Field equations: a weak field; gravitational waves, experimental tests.
3. Black-hole physics.
4. Cosmology: the standard model; the early universe; observational cosmology.

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