| Date |
|
Day |
Chapter |
PHY 490 |
| Jan |
9 |
W |
1 |
Introduction |
| |
11 |
F |
2 |
Geometry and Gravity |
| |
14 |
M |
2 |
Line Elements and
Coordinates |
| |
16 |
W |
3.1-3.2 |
Inertial Frames/Principle of Relativity |
| |
18 |
F |
3.3-3.5 |
Newtonian Gravity |
| |
21 |
M |
|
Holiday |
| |
23 |
W |
4.1-4.2 |
Special Relativity |
| |
25 |
F |
4.3 |
Spacetime/Light Cones |
| |
28 |
M |
4.4 |
Time Dilation/Twin Paradox |
| |
30 |
W |
4.5 |
Lorentz Boosts |
| Feb |
1 |
F |
5.1 |
Four Vectors |
| |
4 |
M |
5.2 |
Relativistic Kinematics |
| |
6 |
W |
5.3-5.4 |
Relativistic Dynamics |
| |
8 |
F |
5.4-5.5 |
Free Particles and Light
Rays |
| |
11 |
M |
|
Exam I |
| |
13 |
W |
6.1-6.3 |
Principle of Equivalence |
| |
15 |
F |
6.4-6.5 |
Clocks in a Gravitational
Field |
| |
18 |
M |
6.6 |
Newtonian Gravity |
| |
20 |
W |
7.1-7.3 |
Curved Spacetime |
| |
22 |
F |
7.4-7.5 |
Local Inertial Frames/World
Lines |
| |
25 |
M |
7.6 |
Length, Area, Volume |
| |
27 |
W |
7.7 |
Wormholes/Surfaces |
| |
29 |
F |
7.8 |
Vectors in Curved Spacetime |
|
Spring
Vacation - Mar 1-9 |
| Mar |
10 |
M |
7.9 |
Surfaces in Curved
Spacetime |
| |
12 |
W |
8.1 |
Geodesic Equation |
|
14 |
F |
8.2 |
Symmetries/Conservation
Laws |
| |
17 |
M |
8.3-8.4 |
Null Geodesics and Free
Fall |
| |
19 |
W |
9.1 |
Schwarzschild Geometry |
| |
21 |
F |
|
Vacation |
| |
24 |
M |
9.2 |
Gravitational Redshift |
| |
26 |
W |
9.3 |
Perihelion Precession |
| |
28 |
F |
9.3 |
Bound Orbits |
| |
31 |
M |
9.4 |
Light Ray Orbits |
|
Apr |
2 |
W |
|
Exam II |
| |
4 |
F |
11 |
Gravitational Lensing |
|
7 |
M |
12 |
Black Holes |
| |
9 |
W |
12 |
Collapse to Black Hole |
| |
11 |
F |
12 |
Kruskal-Szekeres
Coordinates |
| |
14 |
M |
16 |
Gravitational Waves -
Linear |
| |
16 |
W |
16 |
Polarization/Detection |
| |
18 |
F |
18 |
Cosmological Models/Redshift |
| |
21 |
M |
18 |
Flat FRW Models |
| |
23 |
W |
18 |
Big Bang/Friedmann Equation |
| |
25 |
F |
|
Einstein Equation |
| |
28 |
M |
|
Einstein Equation |