General Relativity

(4 Credits)

General Relativity is currently the leading description for gravity. This topic is important for determining the evolution and fate of the universe, to the motion of small objects in the Solar System and the Earth, and is perhaps the best tested theory in all of physics. This course will involve learning the basic mathematical framework of general relativity (including differential geometry and field equations), as well as applications to various topics in astronomy and astrophysics.