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PHYS 6093 Introduction to General Relativity

(3 hours)
A review of special relativity, Lorentz transformations, and causality is followed by in-depth coverage of metric theory, Einstein’s equation and its solution, matter dynamics in curved spacetime, models of cosmology, and a brief description of compact objects (e.g., black holes and neutron stars). Prerequisites: PHYS 4003 and 4063.


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