Physics 717: General Relativity

      Instructor: Prof. Daniel Chung
      Office location: 5207 Chamberlin
      Email: danielchung@wisc.edu
      Phone: 608-265-3133

      Class coordinates:
      Chamberlin  2116
      MWF 11 AM - 11:50 AM

     ANNOUNCEMENT:
                Makeup lecture 1: 10:30 AM, Feb 7, 2009
                Makeup lecture 2: 10:30 AM, Feb 14, 2009
                Makeup lecture 3: 10:30 AM, Feb 21, 2009
                No Lecture on Wednesday Feb 25, 2009
                Makeup lecture 4: 5 PM, Wed, March 4, 2009
     
                        

policies and syllabus

 

 

 

Lecture 1

 

Homework 1     Sol

 

Lecture 2

 

Homework 2     Sol

 

Lecture 3

 

Homework 3     Sol

 

Lecture 4

 

Homework 4     Sol

 

Lecture 5

 

Homework 5    Sol

 

Lecture 6

 

Homework 6     Sol

 

Lecture 7

 

Homework 7     Sol

 

Lecture 8

Homework 8    Sol
Lecture 9

Homework 9   Sol
Lecture 10

Homework 10    Sol
Lecture 11
Homework 11   Sol
Lecture 12
Homework 12   Sol
Lecture 13


Lecture 14


Lecture 15 (Note: No lecture on Wed, Feb 25, 2009)



Lecture 16


Lecture 17


Lecture 18


Lecture 19


Lecture 20



Lecture 21


Lecture 22


Lecture 23


Lecture 24


Lecture 25: spherically symmetric stars (Wald: 125-135; Weinberg: 299-304)



Lecture 26: spherically symmetric collapse begin (Weinberg: pg. 338-349)



Lecture 27: continue spherically symmetric collapse



Lecture 28:  pressure, white dwarfs, neutron stars (Wald: pg 131-135)



Lecture 29: cosmology begin  - FRW derivation + Redshift in FRW



Lecture 30: begin density perturbation



Lecture 31: finish density perturbation; entropy conservation and temperature



Lecture 32: gravity waves



Lecture 33: Green's function



Lecture 34



Lecture 35


Lecture 36


Lecture 37


Lecture 38


Lecture 39


Lecture 40



Lecture 41


Lecture 42


Lecture 43