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Special Relativity |
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| 2 |
Special Relativity, and Accelerated Motion |
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| 3 |
Vectors, One-Forms and Tensors |
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| 4 |
Metric, Coordinate Bases, and Change of Basis |
PS 1 Due |
| 5 |
Orthonormal Bases, Gradient, and Connection |
PS 2 Due |
| 6 |
Number-Flux and Stress-Energy |
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| 7 |
Parallel Transport and Geodesics |
PS 3 Due |
| 8 |
Hamiltonian Dynamics |
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| 9 |
Curvature |
PS 4 Due |
| 10 |
Curvature vs. Acceleration |
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| 11 |
Postulates of General Relativity |
PS 5 Due |
| 12 |
Einstein Equations |
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| 13 |
Gauge Invariance and the Hilbert Action |
PS 6 Due |
| 14 |
Linear Perturbation Theory |
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| 15 |
Gravitomagnetism and Spin Precession |
PS 7 Due |
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Gravitational Radiation, and Quadrupole Formula |
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| 17 |
Gravitational Wave Astronomy |
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| 18 |
Spherical Solutions to the Einstein Equations |
PS 8 Due |
| 19 |
White Dwarfs and Neutron Stars |
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| 20 |
Schwarzschild and its Geodesics |
PS 9 Due |
| 21 |
4 Classical Tests of General Relativity |
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| 22 |
Kruskal Coordinates, and Wormholes |
PS 10 Due |
| 23 |
Hawking Radiation, and Charged Black Holes |
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| 24 |
Kerr Solution |
PS 11 Due |
| 25 |
Cosmology |
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| 26 |
Cosmology (cont.) |
PS 12 Due |