PHYS482 GENERAL RELATIVITY
Course Code: |
2300482 |
METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): |
3(3-0) |
ECTS Credit: |
5.0 |
Department: |
Physics |
Language of Instruction: |
English |
Level of Study: |
Undergraduate |
Course Coordinator: |
Prof.Dr. ZÜBEYDE SÝBEL BAYKAL |
Offered Semester: |
Spring Semesters. |
Course Content
General introduction, tensor calculus; The principles of general relativity; The field equations of general relativity; General relativity from a variational principle; The energy-momentum tensor; The Schwarzchild solution; Experimental tests of general relativity.