Astr/Phys 571: Gravitation

Handouts

January 13: Syllabus
January 18: The Newtonian gravitational constant: recent measurements and related studies, by G. Gillies, 1997, Rep. Prog. Phys, 60, 151
January 25: Superluminal Motions;
here is a sequence of images for 3C279;
also have a look at Sources of Relativistic Jets in the Galaxy by Mirabel & Rodriguez, 1999, ARA&A, 37, 409
January 27: The Einstein equivalence principle, by C. Will, Living Reviews in General Relativity
February 17:
- Gravitational Lensing in Astronomy, by J. Wambsganss, Living Reviews in General Relativity
- Here is a PDF file with the viewgraphs I showed in class, and this is how you can view the animations
February 22: Here's a demo of parallel transport in spherical geometry
March 3: The Meaning of Einstein's Equation, by J. Baez and E. Bunn, gr-qc/0103044, vs.3