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Major/Minor | ALL |
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Offer in 2024 - 2025 | Y N |
Course Code | PHYS4654 |
Date | 2024/11/12 18:51 |
Enquiry for Course Details |
PHYS4654 General relativity (6 credits) | Academic Year | 2024 | |||||||||||||||||
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Offering Department | Physics | Quota | --- | ||||||||||||||||
Course Co-ordinator | Dr K M Lee, Physics < kmlee1@hku.hk > | ||||||||||||||||||
Teachers Involved | (Dr K M Lee,Physics) | ||||||||||||||||||
Course Objectives | This is an introductory course on general relativity. It provides conceptual skills and analytical tools necessary for astrophysical and cosmological applications of the theory. This is an elective course for the astrophysics and theoretical physics themes. This is also an essential course for those who plan to pursue postgraduate studies in astrophysics or theoretical physics. | ||||||||||||||||||
Course Contents & Topics | Topics include: The principle of equivalence; inertial observers in a curved space-time; vectors and tensors; parallel transport and covariant differentiation; the Riemann tensor; the stress-energy tensor; the Einstein gravitational field equations; the Schwarzschild solution; black holes; gravitational waves detected by LIGO, and Freidmann equation. | ||||||||||||||||||
Course Learning Outcomes |
On successful completion of this course, students should be able to:
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Pre-requisites (and Co-requisites and Impermissible combinations) |
Pass in PHYS2055 and PHYS3350 | ||||||||||||||||||
Course Status with Related Major/Minor /Professional Core |
2024 Major in Physics
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Disciplinary Elective
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2024 Major in Physics (Intensive) ( Disciplinary Elective ) 2024 Minor in Astronomy ( Disciplinary Elective ) 2024 Minor in Physics ( Disciplinary Elective ) 2023 Major in Physics ( Disciplinary Elective ) 2023 Major in Physics (Intensive) ( Disciplinary Elective ) 2023 Minor in Astronomy ( Disciplinary Elective ) 2023 Minor in Physics ( Disciplinary Elective ) 2022 Major in Physics ( Disciplinary Elective ) 2022 Major in Physics (Intensive) ( Disciplinary Elective ) 2022 Minor in Astronomy ( Disciplinary Elective ) 2022 Minor in Physics ( Disciplinary Elective ) 2021 Major in Physics ( Disciplinary Elective ) 2021 Major in Physics (Intensive) ( Disciplinary Elective ) 2021 Minor in Astronomy ( Disciplinary Elective ) 2021 Minor in Physics ( Disciplinary Elective ) 2020 Major in Physics ( Disciplinary Elective ) 2020 Major in Physics (Intensive) ( Disciplinary Elective ) 2020 Minor in Astronomy ( Disciplinary Elective ) 2020 Minor in Physics ( Disciplinary Elective ) |
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Course to PLO Mapping |
2024 Major in Physics < PLO 1,2,3,4 >
2024 Major in Physics (Intensive) < PLO 1,2,3,4 > 2023 Major in Physics < PLO 1,2,3,4 > 2023 Major in Physics (Intensive) < PLO 1,2,3,4 > 2022 Major in Physics < PLO 1,2,3,4 > 2022 Major in Physics (Intensive) < PLO 1,2,3,4 > 2021 Major in Physics < PLO 1,2,3,4 > 2021 Major in Physics (Intensive) < PLO 1,2,3,4 > 2020 Major in Physics < PLO 1,2,3,4 > 2020 Major in Physics (Intensive) < PLO 1,2,3,4 > |
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Offer in 2024 - 2025 | Y 1st sem | Examination | Dec | ||||||||||||||||
Offer in 2025 - 2026 | Y | ||||||||||||||||||
Course Grade | A+ to F | ||||||||||||||||||
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Communication-intensive Course | N | ||||||||||||||||||
Course Type | Lecture-based course | ||||||||||||||||||
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Required/recommended reading and online materials |
Lecture notes provided by Course Coordinator R. M. Wald: General Relativity (University of Chicago Press, 1984) T. A. Moore: A General Relativity Workbook (Univ Science Books, 2012) J. B. Hartle: Gravity: An Introduction to Einstein's General Relativity (Addison-Wesley 2003) B. Schutz: A First Course in General Relativity (Cambridge University Press, 2009) |
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Course Website | http://moodle.hku.hk | ||||||||||||||||||
Additional Course Information | NIL |
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