Lecture Notes on General Relativity
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
2007-05-23 v1 Astrophysics
High Energy Physics - Theory
Abstract
These notes represent approximately one semester's worth of lectures on introductory general relativity for beginning graduate students in physics. Topics include manifolds, Riemannian geometry, Einstein's equations, and three applications: gravitational radiation, black holes, and cosmology.
Cite
@article{arxiv.gr-qc/9712019,
title = {Lecture Notes on General Relativity},
author = {Sean M. Carroll},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:gr-qc/9712019},
year = {2007}
}
Comments
238 pages, numerous figures. Individual chapters, and potentially updated versions, can be found at http://itp.ucsb.edu/~carroll/notes/