Physics 255: Einstein's General Relativity and Gravitation
Physics 255: Einstein's General Relativity and Gravitation (Spring 2014, UC Irvine). Instructor: Professor Herbert W. Hamber. This course provides an introduction to Einstein's theory of gravitation, covering topics: a history of gravity, tensor analysis, Einstein's field equations, astronomical tests of Einstein's theory, and gravitational waves. References used for the class include "Gravitation and Cosmology" by S. Weinberg, "Gravity: An Introduction to Einstein's General Relativity" by J. Hartle, "Lectures on Gravitation" by R.P. Feynman and "Quantum Gravitation" by H.W. Hamber.
| Lecture 12 - Field Equations 2 |
Topics: Einstein-Hilbert Action, Variational Principle, Palatini Identity, Role of the Action in Constructing the Feynman Path Integral for Quantized Gravity, Gravitational Functional Measure, Need to Maintain General Covariance, Scalar-Tensor Extensions of Gravity, Brans-Dicke Theory, Field Modifications from the Massless BD Scalar
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