PHYS-675

Introduction to Relativity, Gravitation and Cosmology

Fall 2003

Professor: Dr. Bei-Lok Hu
Grader: Dr. Dieter R. Brill
Time: TuTh...... 9:30am-10:50am
Location: 4208 PHY
Syllabus: syllabus PDF file
Course Announcements for Spring 04: Physics 776: Advanced Gravitation Theory and Math 437: Differential Forms and their Applications
Lecture Log: Lectures Doc File

**Lecture Schedule**
Chapter	Lectures
10 Cosmology	24 Dec 2, 25 Dec 4, 26 Dec 9
9 Black Holes and Relativistic Stars	21 Nov 18, 22 Nov 20, 23 Nov 25
8 Schwarzschild Spacetime	18 Nov 6, 19 Nov 11, 20 Nov 13
7 Gravitational Waves	15 Oct 28, 16 Oct 30, 17 Nov 4

**Reading Assignments**
Chapter	Assignment
10	Hartle Ch 17 (read), 18 (study), 19 (read) MTW Ch. 27, Weinberg Ch 15
9	Hartle Ch 12, 24, MTW Ch. 23
8	Hartle Ch 9, MTW Ch. 25
7	Hartle: Chp. 16, 21.5, 23.{4-8}
09/29/03	Hartle: Chp. 7-8
09/23/03	Hartle: Chp. 6
09/09/03	Hartle: Chp. 4-5

**Homework Assignments**
Date Due	Assignment	Solutions
12/09/03	Hartle Ch 18 #10, 20, 24, 27, 30	posted
12/02/03	Hartle Ch 12 # 5, 15, 22, Ch 24 # 6, 7	posted
11/20/03	Hartle Ch 9 #8, 12, 14, 18, 22	posted
11/13/03	Hartle: Chp. 21 #19,24; Chp. 16 #8,13; Chp. 23 #14	posted
11/06/03	Hartle: Chp. 21 #7(not to be graded); Chp. 22 #6,10,12,13	posted
10/16/03	Hartle: Chp. 20 #10,18,20; Chp. 21 #2,11	posted
10/09/03	Hartle: Chp. 7 #9,19; Chp. 8 #3,8,12	posted
09/30/03	Hartle: Chp. 6 #1,2,8,12,14,15	posted
09/18/03	Hartle: Chp. 4 #11,14,19; Chp. 5 #7,15,17	posted

**Exam Schedule**
Date	Exam
12/16/03 8:00-10:00	Final Exam
10/23/03	Midterm

Students are allowed to bring an 8x11 formula sheet (but not sketches of solutions to problems) to the mid-term exam. The proctor of the exam has the right to view and remove these sheets if they do not comply with this specification.

Students are allowed to bring 2 formula sheets for the final exam.