Brock University · PHYS 5P65

General Relativity Gravitation as a

Credits : 0.5Reference year : 2024-25

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General Relativity Gravitation as a spacetime field theory. Spacetime metric, covariant derivative, and curvature; light cones and causality. Isolated systems and mass, energy-momentum, angular momentum. Einstein's field equation of gravitation. Black hole solutions (Schwarzschild and Kerr metrics), cosmological solutions (Robertson-Walker metric), and their physical properties. *

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General Relativity Gravitation as a spacetime field theory. Spacetime metric, covariant derivative, and curvature; light cones and causality. Isolated systems and mass, energy-momentum, angular momentum. Einstein's field equation of gravitation. Black hole solutions (Schwarzschild and Kerr metrics), cosmological solutions (Robertson-Walker metric), and their physical properties. *

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