The lecture notes were prepared in LaTex by Alan Dunn, a former MIT student. He used Prof. Wilczek's handwritten notes to produce them.
| SES # |
TOPICS |
| Part 1: General Relativity (PDF) |
| 1.1 |
Transformations and Metric |
| 1.2 |
Covariant Derivatives: Affine Structure |
| 1.3 |
Covariant Derivatives: Metric |
| 1.4 |
Invariant Measure |
| 1.5 |
Curvature |
| 1.6 |
Invariant Actions |
| 1.7 |
Field Equations |
| 1.8 |
Newtonian Limit |
| Part 2: Cosmological Models with Idealized Matter (PDF) |
| 2.1 |
Model Spaces: Construction |
| 2.2 |
Friedmann-Robertson-Walker (FRW) Spacetimes |
| 2.3 |
Curvature Calculations |
| 2.4 |
FRW Dynamics |
| 2.5 |
Canonical Model Cosmologies |
| 2.6 |
Global Structure and Causality Relations |
| 2.7 |
Measures of Space-Time Geometry |
| 2.8 |
Olbers' Paradox |
| Part 3: Cosmological Models with Known Matter |
| 3.1 |
Effect of Expansion on Matter |
| 3.2 |
Effect of Expansion on Free Thermal Distributions |