2(3L)
Prerequisite(s): PHYS 251; MATH 338, and at least 3 credit units in astronomy, or permission of the department.
An introduction to general relativity as a theory of gravitation with applications to cosmology. Includes: principles of special and general relativity, tensor calculus in curved spacetime, Einstein's field equations, Schwarzschild solution, experimental tests of general relativity, black holes, standard cosmological models, unresolved cosmological issues, gravitational waves.
Note: Offered in 2005-2006, then in alternate years.