Relativity and Cosmology PHYS 374 home page

Astrophysics Research Institute, Liverpool John Moores University; Department of Physics, University of Liverpool

2012

The course consists of upto 32 lectures including problems classes, 4 tutorials, written assignment (deadline Wednesday 2nd May) and a 3-hour exam (Thursday 24th May).

Lectures take place in Rendall-LT9 on Monday at 2pm-3pm and Chadwick-Barkla on Tuesday at 11am-1pm (Orbit timetable checked on 27th January).

Tutorials take place in Chadwick-T2.
Tutorial times are 2pm, 3pm or 4pm on Thursday in Weeks 2, 5, 8 and 11.

Relativity and Cosmology Web Links

  • Andrew Liddle's book page
  • UNSW's Einstein Light
  • Ned Wright's cosmology tutorial
  • WMAP team's cosmology pages
  • Other links from J. P. Leahy
  • Sean Carroll's talks on cosmology

    Other Web links

    The following free encyclopedia web pages can provide good introductions to relativity and cosmology, and their terminology:
  • Eric Weisstein's World of Physics and Astronomy
  • Wikipedia (follow references for source of an article)

    Page written by Ivan Baldry, 2006 January 13; last updated 2012 February.

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