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.
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Topics: Field Degrees of Freedom and Constraints, Coordinate Conditions, Analogy to Gauge Choice in Electrodynamics, Physical Degrees of Freedom, Harmonic Gauge, Weak Field Expansion, Linear Part of the Ricci Tensor, Asymptotically Flat Metrics, Energy and Momentum and Angular Momentum of a Gravitational Field, Static Isotropic Metric, Derivation of the Solution to the Field Equations for a Static Isotropic Metric
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