PH 474 - Introduction to General Relativity

Institution:

University of Alabama in Huntsville

Subject:

Description:

Geometry as physics. Newtonian gravity, gravitational and inertial mass, equivalence principle, description of curved spacetime, geodesics, Schwarzchild solution. Tests of General Relativity. Gravitational collapse and black holes; rotation. Gravitational waves. The observed Universe and overview of cosmological models. Prerequisites with concurrency: PH 351, PH 301. Spring.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.uah.edu

Phone Number:

(256) 824-6120

Regional Accreditation:

Southern Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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