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 |
