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ACM41040

Academic Year 2024/2025

GR and Gravitational Waves (ACM41040)

Subject:
Applied & Computational Maths
College:
Science
School:
Mathematics & Statistics
Level:
4 (Masters)
Credits:
5
Module Coordinator:
Dr Sarp Akcay
Trimester:
Spring
Mode of Delivery:
On Campus
Internship Module:
No
How will I be graded?
Letter grades

Curricular information is subject to change.

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

About this Module

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
Specified Learning Activities

20

Autonomous Student Learning

60

Lectures

30

Tutorial

4

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 Component Scale Must Pass Component % of Final Grade In Module Component Repeat Offered
Assignment(Including Essay): Six assignments each lasting 2 to 3 weeks, each worth 7.5% for a total of 45% Week 2, Week 3, Week 4, Week 5, Week 6, Week 7, Week 8, Week 9, Week 10, Week 11, Week 12 Other No
45
No
Exam (In-person): Midterm exam before the spring break Week 6, Week 7 Other No
15
No
Exam (In-person): Final exam End of trimester
Duration:
2 hr(s)
Other No
40
No

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
Spring Lecture Offering 1 Week(s) - 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33 Tues 16:00 - 16:50
Spring Lecture Offering 1 Week(s) - 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33 Wed 15:00 - 15:50