Subject:
Physics (PHYS)
Catalog number:
786
Unit weight:
0.50
Meet type:
LEC
Grading basis:
NUM
Cross-listing(s):
AMATH-875
Requisites:
N/A
Description:
Introduction to the differential geometry of Lorentzian manifolds. The priniciples of general relativity. Causal structure and cosmological singularities. Cosmological space-times with Killing vector fields. Friedmann-Lemaitre cosmologies, scalar, vector and tensor perburbations in the linear and nonlinear regimes. De Sitter space-times and inflationary models.
Topic titles:
N/A
Faculty:
Science (SCI)
Academic level:
GRD
Course ID:
011282
