BGU Physics Department

Gravitation I

(3.0 points, 4 hours)

course number 203-2-4181

Links

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• Main web page
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• The special relativity theory.
• Four vectors. Tensors.
• Special relativistic dynamics.
• The principle of equivalence.
• Curved space times.
• Geodesic equation.
• Curvature tensor and Bianchi identities.
• The Einstein's equations.
• The Schwarzschild solution and the classical tests for general relativity.

Sources

1. Gravity, An introduction to Einstein's General Relativity", James B. Hartle, Addison-Wesley 2003.

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