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Outline of the Lectures

Outline of the Lectures. Lecture 1: The Einstein Equivalence Principle Lecture 2: Post-Newtonian Limit of GR Lecture 3: The Parametrized Post-Newtonian Framework Lecture 4: Tests of the PPN Parameters. Outline of the Lectures. Lecture 1: The Einstein Equivalence Principle

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Outline of the Lectures

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  1. Outline of the Lectures Lecture 1: The Einstein Equivalence Principle Lecture 2: Post-Newtonian Limit of GR Lecture 3: The Parametrized Post-Newtonian Framework Lecture 4: Tests of the PPN Parameters

  2. Outline of the Lectures • Lecture 1: The Einstein Equivalence Principle • Lecture 2: Post-Newtonian Limit of GR • Review of Newtonian gravity • Post-Newtonian theory • PN limit of GR: a derivation • Gauge transformations • PN gauges • Lorentz boosts • Lecture 3: The Parametrized Post-Newtonian Framework • Lecture 4: Tests of the PPN Parameters

  3. Exercises Using the equation of continuity, prove:

  4. Exercises: Consequences of Prove the following, and give a physical interpretation to the first 4 integrals.

  5. PN potentials in GR

  6. The PN metric in GR

  7. Effect of a PN gauge change

  8. PN potentials in general gauges Properties of X

  9. Outline of the Lectures Lecture 1: The Einstein Equivalence Principle Lecture 2: Post-Newtonian Limit of GR Lecture 3: The Parametrized Post-Newtonian Framework Lecture 4: Tests of the PPN Parameters

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