Lecture Topics

Outline:

The Principal of Equivalence

Clocks and Gravity

Curved Spacetime

Geodesics and Curvature

GR near Massive Objects

Motion in a Central Force Field

Precession of Mercury

Photon Orbits

Radar Echos from Planets

Black Holes

Kruskal Coordinates

Newtonian Cosmology: The Friedman Equation

The Cosmological Constant

Dr. John Olson

REIC 110 (x6793), Elvey 706A (x7559)

Office Hours: MWF 8:30 - 10:30 AM, REIC 110

Email: jvo@gi.alaska.edu