GeNeral Relativity – A First Examination

  • Review of Special Relativity
  • Vectors and Tensors in Spacetime
  • Covariant Differentiation, Equations of Motion
  • Curvature
  • Gravity and General Relativity
  • Solar System Tests of General Relativity
  • Black Holes
  • Gravitational Waves
    • The Weak Gravity Wave Equation
    • Plane Waves
    • The Graviton
    • Gravitational Waves Affect Particles
    • Wave Equation Solution With Sources
    • The Energy-Momentum Tensor
    • Quadrupole Radiation
    • Gravity Wave Flux and Power
    • Binary Neutron Star System Radiation
  • Cosmology
    • Robertson-Walker Metric
    • The Red Shift
    • Determining Distance
    • Red Shift Versus Distance Relation Fluids
    • Robertson-Walker Einstein Dynamics
    • The Early Universe
    • Matter and Dark Energy Domination