Description
Special relativity using tensor analysis. Curved spacetime with physics applications that may include the solar system, stars, black holes, and gravitational waves. Introduction to differential geometry and Einstein’s field equations.
Conditions and arrangements
- Also offered at the undergraduate level, with different requirements, as PHYS 4804 , for which additional credit is precluded.
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Special relativity using tensor analysis. Curved spacetime with physics applications that may include the solar system, stars, black holes, and gravitational waves. Introduction to differential geometry and Einstein’s field equations.
- Also offered at the undergraduate level, with different requirements, as PHYS 4804 , for which additional credit is precluded.
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