Recommended Text: General Relativity by R. M. Wald, The University of Chicago Press, 1984.
Course Overview: This course will focus on providing students with an understanding of the formalisms and computational approaches which are currently of most use in studying strong-field aspects of classical general relativity. Lecture topics will include
Other References: As the course proceeds, a number of additional references will be used, and will be noted here.
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January 20 Introduction (GR15 talk) |
January 22 Lagrangian GR |
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January 27 Lagrangian GR |
January 29 Lagrangian GR |
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February 3 3+1 GR |
February 5 3+1 GR |
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February 10 3+1 GR |
February 12 Initial Value Problem |
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February 17 Initial Value Problem |
February 19 Evolution & Coordinates |
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February 24 Evolution & Coordinates |
February 26 Evolution & Coordinates |
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March 3 Spherical symmetry |
March 5 Spherical symmetry |
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March 10 Collapse & BH formation |
March 12 Collapse & BH formation |
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March 17 Spring Break |
March 19 Spring Break |
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March 24 Critical Phenomena |
March 26 Critical Phenomena |
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March 31 Critical Phenomena |
April 2 BH excision |
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April 7 BH excision |
April 9 BH excision |
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April 14 Gravitational radiation |
April 16 Gravitational radiation |
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April 21 Gravitational radiation |
April 23 IVP for BHs |
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April 28 IVP for BHs |
April 30 Group presentations |
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May 5 Group presentations |
May 7 Presentations & Class Evaluation |