PHYS 515 - Relativity

(3 units)

(Undergraduates enroll in PHYS 415; graduates enroll in PHYS 515.)

Lorentz transformation, relativistic kinematics and dynamics, 4-vectors and tensors, transformation of electric and magnetic fields, covariant form of Maxwell’s equations, introduction to general relativity.

Letter grade only (A-F). (Lecture-discussion 3 hrs.) Double Numbered with: PHYS 415 .