ACM41040 GR and Gravitational Waves

Academic Year 2023/2024

We will go beyond the basics of general relativity and use the skill set and tools that you acquired in ACM40750 to learn about
- Applying GR to the cosmos
- Kerr metric of spinning black hole spacetimes
- Gravitational wave solution to the field equation
- Sources of gravitational waves
- Newman Penrose formalism

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Curricular information is subject to change

Learning Outcomes:

- Learn the Kerr solution
- Understand how gravitational waves are generated and detected.
- Be able to reformulate the field equation in terms of the spin coefficients
- Solve the resulting ODEs

Indicative Module Content:

- FRW solution
- Kerr metric
- Gravitational wave solution to the field equation
- Sources of gravitational waves
- Newman Penrose formalism

Student Effort Hours: 
Student Effort Type Hours
Lectures

30
Tutorial

4
Specified Learning Activities

20
Autonomous Student Learning

60
Total

114
Approaches to Teaching and Learning:
In person lectures using a series of notes created for the module supplemented with material from standard textbooks. 
Requirements, Exclusions and Recommendations

Not applicable to this module.


Module Requisites and Incompatibles
Not applicable to this module.
 
Assessment Strategy  
Description Timing Open Book Exam Component Scale Must Pass Component % of Final Grade
Continuous Assessment: Assignments and a midterm test. Throughout the Trimester n/a Graded No

40
Examination: Final exam 2 hour End of Trimester Exam No Graded No

60

Carry forward of passed components
Yes
 
Remediation Type Remediation Timing
In-Module Resit Prior to relevant Programme Exam Board
Please see Student Jargon Buster for more information about remediation types and timing. 
Feedback Strategy/Strategies

• Group/class feedback, post-assessment

How will my Feedback be Delivered?

Not yet recorded.

Timetabling information is displayed only for guidance purposes, relates to the current Academic Year only and is subject to change.
 
Spring
      
Lecture Offering 1 Week(s) - 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33 Mon 11:00 - 11:50
Lecture Offering 1 Week(s) - 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33 Tues 16:00 - 16:50
Lecture Offering 1 Week(s) - 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33 Wed 11:00 - 11:50
Spring