PHYS 5530 - Introduction to General Relativity

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Course last offered

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Fall 2023/24

Instructor(s)

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WANG Yi

No. of credits

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4

 

Teaching Pattern

  • Duration of course: about 14 weeks
  • Lecture hour(s) per week: 4 

 

Content

This is an introductory course on general relativity (GR). The covered topics mainly include Einstein field equation and its application in black hole physics, gravitational waves astronomy and Friedman cosmology

 

Remarks

  • Background: Undergraduate-level classical mechanics, electrodynamics and mathematics.
  • Previous Course code: PHYS 6810E