Description
Special relativity using tensor analysis. Curved spacetime with physics applications which may include the solar system, stars, black holes and gravitational waves. Introduction to differential geometry and Einstein's field equations.
Prerequisites
- Prerequisite(s): PHYS 3802 or equivalent, or permission of the Department.
Conditions and arrangements
- Prerequisite(s): PHYS 3802 or equivalent, or permission of the Department.
- Also offered at the graduate level, with different requirements, as PHYS 5804 , for which additional credit is precluded.
- Lectures three hours a week.
Reference text in its original language
Special relativity using tensor analysis. Curved spacetime with physics applications which may include the solar system, stars, black holes and gravitational waves. Introduction to differential geometry and Einstein's field equations.
- Prerequisite(s): PHYS 3802 or equivalent, or permission of the Department.
- Also offered at the graduate level, with different requirements, as PHYS 5804 , for which additional credit is precluded.
- Lectures three hours a week.
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