Weeks | Topics |
1 |
Summary of the mathematics of general relativity
|
2 |
manifolds, tensors
|
3 |
manifolds, tensors
|
4 |
covariant derivatives and curvature
|
5 |
Lagrangian formulation of general relativity
|
6 |
Lagrangian formulation of general relativity
|
7 |
Black holes: causal structure, Penrose diagrams and the event horizon
|
8 |
Conserved charges in general relativity, The laws of black hole mechanics
|
9 |
Midterm
|
10 |
Charged black holes
|
11 |
the AdS/CFT correspondence
|
12 |
Relativistic cosmology
|
13 |
Alternative theories of gravity and solutions
|
14 |
Alternative theories of gravity and solutions.
|