Recorded: June 3, 2014
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Lecture 19: Solutions to the Field Equations 6
Course Description: "Einstein's General Relativity and Gravitation" is taught at UCI as Physics 255. Topics covered: Solutions to the Field Equations for a Homogeneous Isotropic Metric, Relation to Newtonian Mechanics, Matter Dominated Universe, Effects of Radiation and of the Cosmological Constant, Density and Pressure of the Present Universe, Evolution of the Black Body Temperature, Estimates for the Hubble Constant, Relative Contributions of Vacuum Energy and Matter in the Present Universe.
Required attribution: Hamber, Herbert. Physics 255 (UCI Open: University of California, Irvine), ../courses/einsteins_general_relativity_and_gravitation.html [Access date]. License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 United States License.
