PHY 7280 - Topics in General Relativity

Credit Hour(s): 3

Course Description: Principles of the general theory of relativity with applications to gravitation and cosmology. Review of special relativity and tensor analysis. The equivalence principle, curvature, and Einstein’s field equations. Introduction to differential geometry.

Prerequisite(s): Graduate level PHY 6800 Minimum Grade of C and Graduate level PHY 6810 Minimum Grade of C

Enrollment Restrictions: Must be enrolled in one of the following levels: Graduate, Medical, Professional.

Course Level: Graduate
Schedule Type(s): Seminar

Grade Mode: Standard
Total number of hours course may be taken for credit: 9