PHYS2100
General Relativity and Cosmology [ Course Website ]
Recommended Texts:
- N. Straumann, General Relativity and Relativistic Astrophysics, (Springer, 1984),
- S. Weinberg, Gravitation and Cosmology (Wiley, 1972) and
- R. d'lnverno, Introducing Einstein's Relativity (Oxford University Press)
Course Outline:
- Introduction: Einstein's Equivalence Principle
- Mathematical Tools for General Relativity I
- Motion of Test Particles in General Relativity
- Mathematical Tools for General Relativity II
- Einstein's Field Equations
- Standard Cosmology
- Inflationary Universe
- Schwarzschild Solution & Classical Tests of General Relativity
- Black Holes
- Gravitational Radiation
- Hawking Radiation
Note: This course is offered only every two years. No special prerequisites.
