Time: Tuesday & Thursday 09:00AM - 10:50AM, 5 Sep - 30 Nov, 2023 (26 lectures in total)
Venue: Rm 2302, Lift 17-18
Online broadcast: KouShare, Zoom (link to be added)
Textbook:
- Basic theory: Gravitation and Cosmology, Weinberg 1972
- Black holes, gravitational waves and cosmology: additional materials to be announced
Lecture Notes: Download here, password 4211 if not filled automatically
Syllabus:
- Equivalence Principle
- General Covariance and tensors
- Curvature and Einstein equations
- Celestial bodies and black holes
- Gravitational waves
- Cosmology
- Cosmological perturbations (if time permits)
Note for online learners:
As a regular course at HKUST, we will first consider the face-to-face teaching experience. Thus the following arrangement are made. Thanks for your support:
- The instruction language is English
- If you have questions:
- During the lecture: please send a comment. (We may or may not handle it in real time)
- After the lecture: feel free to stay on Zoom and discuss
- No grading of homework, exams or certificates for non-HKUST students