Prerequisites: PHYS 205; graduate standing; or consent of instructor
Description: An introduction to general relativity. Covers tensors, covariant derivatives, the Riemann curvature tensor, and Einstein’s equation. Explores the Schwartzchild and Kerr black hole metrics and wormholes. Also addresses gravitational waves and their detection.
Credit: May be taken Satisfactory (S) or No Credit (NC) with consent of instructor and graduate advisor.