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Course8.96223 lectures30 h 23 min

General Relativity

Prof. Scott Hughes · Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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About

8.962 is MIT’s graduate course in general relativity, which covers the basic principles of Einstein’s general theory of relativity, differential geometry, experimental tests of general relativity, black holes, and cosmology.

Lectures

Video Lectures

  1. Lecture 1: Introduction and The Geometric Viewpoint on Physics 1 h 9 min · Video
  2. Lecture 2: Introduction to Tensors 1 h 20 min · Video
  3. Lecture 3: Tensors Continued 1 h 12 min · Video
  4. Lecture 4: Volumes and Volume Elements; Conservation Laws 1 h 20 min · Video
  5. Lecture 5: The Stress Energy Tensor and the Christoffel Symbol 1 h 21 min · Video
  6. Lecture 6: The Principle of Equivalence 1 h 21 min · Video
  7. Lecture 7: The Principle of Equivalence Continued; Parallel Transport 1 h 22 min · Video
  8. Lecture 8: Lie Transport, Killing Vectors, Tensor Densities 1 h 17 min · Video
  9. Lecture 9: Geodesics 1 h 21 min · Video
  10. Lecture 10: Spacetime Curvature 1 h 21 min · Video
  11. Lecture 11: More on Spacetime Curvature 1 h 20 min · Video
  12. Lecture 12: The Einstein Field Equation 1 h 18 min · Video
  13. Lecture 13: The Einstein Field Equation (Variant Derivation) 1 h 19 min · Video
  14. Lecture 14: Linearized Gravity I: Principles and Static Limit 1 h 15 min · Video
  15. Lecture 15: Linearized Gravity II: Dynamic Sources 1 h 16 min · Video
  16. Lecture 16: Gravitational Radiation I 1 h 26 min · Video
  17. Lecture 17: Gravitational Radiation II 1 h 31 min · Video
  18. Lecture 18: Cosmology I 1 h 29 min · Video
  19. Lecture 19: Cosmology II 1 h 37 min · Video
  20. Lecture 20: Spherical Compact Sources I 1 h 4 min · Video
  21. Lecture 21: Spherical Compact Sources II 1 h 14 min · Video
  22. Lecture 22: Black Holes I 1 h 27 min · Video
  23. Lecture 23: Black Holes II 1 h 12 min · Video

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Credits and licence

Institution
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Department
Physics
Teacher
Prof. Scott Hughes
Term
Spring 2020
Level
Graduate
Language
English
Subjects
Physics
Source
MIT OpenCourseWare
Licence
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Attribution
Prof. Scott Hughes. General Relativity. Spring 2020. Massachusetts Institute of Technology: MIT OpenCourseWare, https://ocw.mit.edu/. License: Creative Commons BY-NC-SA.
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