Phys 735: Gravitational Physics
Fall 2022 – Tentative Schedule
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Sections | ||
| Aug 23 | Review of Newtonian Gravity | Notes | |
| Aug 25 | Special Relativity. I: Spacetime and Lorentz Transformations | Ch 1 | |
| Aug 30 | Special Relativity. II: Vectors and Tensors; Particles | Ch 1 | |
| Sep 1 | Quiz 1; Special Relativity. III: Electromagnetism; Field Theory | Ch 1 | |
| Sep 6 | Tensor Fields on Minkowski Spacetime | Ch 1 | |
| Sep 8 | class rescheduled | Ch 1 | HW#1 due |
| Sep 13 | Particles in Minkowski Space | Ch 1 | |
| Sep 15 | Fluids and Scalar Fields | Ch 1 | |
| Sep 20 | Lagrangian Field Theory and the Electromagnetic Field | Ch 1 | |
| Sep 22 | Manifolds and Tensor Fields | Ch 2 | HW#2 due |
| Sep 27 | Tensor Fields on the Metric | Ch 2 | |
| Sep 29 | Causality | Ch 2 | |
| Oct 4 | Differential Forms and Integration | Ch 3 | |
| Oct 6 | Covariant Derivatives and Parallel Transport | Ch 3 | HW#3 due |
| Oct 11 | Curvature | Ch 3 | |
| Oct 13 | Curvature | Ch 3 | |
| Oct 18 | Geodesics and Curvature | Ch 3 | |
| Oct 20 | Gravity and Curvature | Ch 4 | |
| Oct 25 | The Einstein Equation | Ch 4 | HW#4 due |
| Oct 27 | The Einstein Equation | Ch 4 | |
| Nov 1 | Cosmological Constant | Ch 4 | |
| Nov 3 | Symmetries | Ch 3 | |
| Nov 8 | Schwarzschild Black Holes | Ch 5 | HW#5 due |
| Nov 10 | Schwarzschild Black Holes | Ch 5 | |
| Nov 15 | Linearized Gravity | Ch 7 | |
| Nov 17 | Linearized Gravity | Ch 7 | |
| 22 | (* Thanksgiving Holidays / Fall Break *) | ||
| 24 | (* Thanksgiving Holidays / Fall Break *) | ||
| Nov 29 | Cosmology | Ch 8 | |
| Dec 1 | Cosmology | Ch 8 | HW#6 due |
| Dec 6 | Makeup Class | ||
| Dec 9 | Friday, 3:00 – 6:00 p.m., Student Presentations (see guidelines and schedule) |
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