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Instructor

Prof. Scott Hughes

Departments

Physics

As Taught In

Spring 2020

Level

Graduate

Topics

Science
- Physics
  - Relativity

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Lecture Videos

Lecture 1: Introduction and The Geometric Viewpoint on Physics

Lecture 2: Introduction to Tensors

Lecture 3: Tensors Continued

Lecture 4: Volumes and Volume Elements; Conservation Laws

Lecture 5: The Stress Energy Tensor and the Christoffel Symbol

Lecture 6: The Principle of Equivalence

Lecture 7: The Principle of Equivalence Continued; Parallel Transport

Lecture 8: Lie Transport, Killing Vectors, Tensor Densities

Lecture 9: Geodesics

Lecture 10: Spacetime Curvature

Lecture 11: More on Spacetime Curvature

Lecture 12: The Einstein Field Equation

Lecture 13: The Einstein Field Equation (Variant Derivation)

Lecture 14: Linearized Gravity I: Principles and Static Limit

Lecture 15: Linearized Gravity II: Dynamic Sources

Lecture 16: Gravitational Radiation I

Lecture 17: Gravitational Radiation II

Lecture 18: Cosmology I

Lecture 19: Cosmology II

Lecture 20: Spherical Compact Sources I

Lecture 21: Spherical Compact Sources II

Lecture 22: Black Holes I

Lecture 23: Black Holes II

Course Info

Instructor

Prof. Scott Hughes

Departments

Physics

As Taught In

Spring 2020

Level

Graduate

Topics

Science
- Physics
  - Relativity

Learning Resource Types

Lecture Videos

Problem Sets

Download Course

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