The first lecture is 23 March 2010.
The next exam is 31 May 2010. You are allowed to bring a calculator, the physics handbook and the mathematics handbook. You are not allowed to use your notes or the textbook. The following is a list of perhaps useful formulae that will be provided for the exam. (pdf)(ps). Lycka till!
Stars orbiting the black hole at the center of the Milky Way galaxy Movie Can you estimate its mass just from the movie (without reading what is below)? The galactic center is about 8 kiloparsecs away.
Here is another movie of the galactic center
Lecture Notes
Handout for Lecture 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
Exercises
Exercise Number 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
Sample Test Problem #1 (pdf) (ps) --Answer (pdf) (ps)
Sample Test Problem #2 (pdf) (ps)--Answer (pdf) (ps)
Sample Test Problem #3 (pdf) (ps)--Answer (pdf) (ps)
Tentamen, 31 May 2010 Exam, Solutions
Tentamen, 30 May 2005 (pdf)(ps) Lösningar (pdf)(ps)
Tentamen, 1 June 2004 (pdf)(ps) Lösningar (pdf)(ps)
Tentamen, 27 May 2003 (pdf)(ps) Lösningar (pdf)(ps)
Tentamen, 29 May 2002 (pdf)(ps) Lösningar (pdf)(ps)
Tentamen, 25 August 2001 (pdf)(ps) Lösningar (pdf)(ps)
Tentamen, 13 June 2001 (pdf)(ps) Lösningar (pdf)(ps)
Tentamen, 21 May 2001 (pdf)(ps) Lösningar (pdf)(ps)
Some useful links
Sean Carroll's Condensed Lecture Notes (Very useful for this class since they are presented in more or less the same order as this class.) (pdf)(ps)
Link to lecture notes for a graduate class in general relativity at MIT by Sean Carroll
Other links can be found here
Last updated 1 June 2010.