PHYS 515 :: Physics Illinois :: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Schedule
Lectures will take place on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 13:00pm - 14:20pm in 222 Loomis Laboratory.
Recordings of the lectures will be posted on mediaspace.
Homework sets will be made available on Tuesdays after the lecture, starting in week 2, on this website. They are due on the following Tuesday before 11:55pm Central US and they have to be submitted online via my.physics.
In general, you are allowed to use computer algebra software, like Maple or Mathematica, or Python, unless stated otherwise. If you do use computer algebra software, together with your PDF solution, you must provide a well-formatted print out of your code. You are not allowed to use a computer algebra packages, such as grTensor or xTensor (or similar), to calculate tensorial quantities.
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For details on semester dates, registration deadlines, etc. please check the Academic calendar.
| Week | Date | Lecture | Homework 1-hour paper review |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tue 08/22/2023 | Introduction to class L1. Special Relativity |
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| Thu 08/24/2023 | L2. Special Relativity | ||
| 2 | Tue 08/29/2023 | L3. Lorentz transformations | |
| Thu 08/31/2023 | L4. Vectors and 1-forms | ||
| 3 | Tue 09/05/2023 | L5. Tensors | HW 1 due HW 2 assigned HW 2 solution |
| Thu 09/07/2023 | L6. Tensors Physics in flat spacetimes |
paper review 1 due | |
| 4 | Tue 09/12/2023 | L7. Physics in flat spacetimes | HW 2 due HW 3 assigned HW 3 solution |
| Thu 09/14/2023 | L8. Manifolds | ||
| 5 | Tue 09/19/2023 | L9. Manifolds | HW 3 due HW 4 assigned HW 4 solution |
| Thu 09/21/2023 | L10. Tensors in curved spacetimes | ||
| 6 | Tue 09/26/2023 | L11. Tensors in curved spacetimes | HW 4 due HW 5 assigned HW 5 solution |
| Thu 09/28/2023 | L12.Covariant derivatives | paper review 2 due | |
| 7 | Tue 10/03/2023 | L13. Geodesics | HW 5 due No homework assigned |
| Thu 10/05/2023 | L14. Riemann curvature, Symmetries | ||
| 8 | Tue 10/10/2023 | MIDTERM EXAM | No homework due HW 6 assigned HW 6 solution |
| Thu 10/12/2023 | L15. Gravitation | ||
| 9 | Tue 10/17/2023 | L16. Einstein's equations | HW 6 due HW 7 assigned HW 7 solution |
| Thu 10/19/2023 | L17. Lagrangian formulation | paper review 3 due | |
| 10 | Tue 10/24/2023 | L18. Properties of Einstein's equations | HW 7 due HW 8 assigned HW 8 solution |
| Thu 10/26/2023 | L19. The Schwarzschild metric | ||
| 11 | Tue 10/31/2023 | L20. The Schwarzschild metric | HW 8 due HW 9 assigned HW 9 solution |
| Thu 11/02/2023 | L21. Geodesics of the Schwarzschild metric | ||
| 12 | Tue 11/07/2023 | L22. Black holes | HW 9 due HW 10 assigned HW 10 solution |
| Thu 11/09/2023 | L23. Black holes | paper review 4 due | |
| 13 | Tue 11/14/2023 | L24. Neutron stars | HW 10 due HW 11 assigned HW 11 solution |
| Thu 11/16/2023 | L25. Gravitational waves | ||
| 14 | 11/18/2023 -- 11/26/2023 | Fall Break | |
| 15 | Tue 11/28/2023 | L26. Gravitational waves | HW 11 due HW 12 assigned |
| Thu 11/30/2023 | L27. Cosmology | ||
| 16 | Tue 12/05/2023 | L28. Cosmology | HW 12 due |
| Thu 12/07/2023 | Reading Day | ||
| Fr 12/08/2023 -- Mo 12/11/2023 | Final Exam | ||