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| Honours |
Year module |
NQF level: 8 |
Credits: 12 |
| Module presented in English |
Module presented online |
| Purpose: General relativity is the relativistic theory of gravitation, and is widely regarded as one of the major achievements of 20th century physical science. The detailed syllabus is: Review of special relativity. The equivalence principle and the physical ideas that lead to general relativity. The Einstein field equations. The linearised field equations: Comparison with Newtonian theory, and gravitational waves. The Schwarzschild solution: Derivation and properties. Introduction to black holes. The Friedmann-Robertson-Walker solution.
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