physics231

Physics 231

Relativity: Special, General and Cosmological

Course Policy: For undergraduates: Two quizzes each with 25% of grade and one final with 50%. For graduates, the final exam is replaced with a research project.

Special Relativity (Graduates) SpecialRelativity.pdf

Problems (Graduates) Problemsets1-2.pdf

1.1, 1.3, 1.7, 1.13, 1.16, 1.20, 2.9, 2.11

Assigned problems: Chapter 20, problems 1 to 15

Chapter 7 problems 1 to 6, 10, 14, 17, 18, 19, 20, 22

Chapter 8 problems 1 to 10.

Schwarzschild.pdf

The Kruskal extension of Schwarzschild solution wald.pdf

Recommended Reading: Weinberg S.The first three minutes 168s.pdf

Friedman-Robertson-Walker Geometry Robertson-Walker.pdf

Cosmological Models CosmologicalModels.pdf

gravitational waves.pdf