Subject Code: PH7L006 Subject Name: General Relativity and Cosmology L-T-P: 3-0-0 Credit: 3
Pre-requisite(s): Nil
Introduction and Scope of General Relativity, Space-time and Relativity, Riemannian-geometry. Energy-momentum tensor and Einstein’s equations.  Principles of General Relativity, Field Equations of General Relativity, Schwarzschild metric and Black Holes. Introduction to cosmology, The Friedmann-Lemaitre-Robertson-Walker cosmology.
Text Books/Reference Books:
  1. Cheng Ta-Pei, Relativity, Gravitation and Cosmology: A Basic Introduction,Oxford University Press, USA.
  2. Schutz B. F., A First Course in General Relativity, Cambridge U. Press.
  3. Weinberg S., Gravitation and Cosmology, Wiley.
  4. Padmanabhan T., Gravitation: Foundation and Frontiers, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
  5. Woodhouse N. M. J., General Relativity (Springer Undergraduate Mathematics Series), Springer.
  6. Schutz B., Gravity from the Ground Up, Cambridge.
  7. Hartle J. B., Gravity - An Introduction to Einstein's General Relativity, Addison Wesley.
  8. Foster J. and Nightingale J.D., A Short Course in General Relativity, Springer.
  9. Wald R. M., General Relativity, The University of Chicago Press.
  10. Misner C. W., Thorne K.S., Wheeler J. A., Gravitation, Freeman.