Internet Resources on Gravitation and Cosmology

This page shows many links where one can learn gravitation and cosmology on the Internet, at all levels, by means of many tutorials and courses available on line, see lots of very beautiful pictures of galaxies, quasars, etc, find references of some key review papers on line about gravitation and cosmology, find links to many research projects on gravitation around the world, and much more. This page is updated as often as possible and it aims at being an useful source of information for students, teachers, researchers, and also the interested layman. If you find any broken link, please e-mail the maintainer.

Last update: 16 August 2002
Page maintained by Marcelo B. Ribeiro

Special and General Relativity

  1. The Light Cone: an Illuminating Introduction to Relativity
  2. Relativity and Cosmology Q&A
  3. Mathematical Physics Examples
  4. Interactive Relativity Course
  5. General Relativity Tutorial
  6. Cambridge Relativity
  7. Relativity Tutorial
  8. Spacetime Wrinkles: a Relativity Exhibit
  9. Interactive Experiments in Gravity
  10. General Relativity Around the World
  11. General Relativity in the Global Positioning System

Cosmology and the Large-Scale Structure of the Universe

  1. The Expansion of the Universe (in Portuguese)
  2. Cosmology and Dark Matter Tutorial
  3. Ned Wright's Cosmology Tutorial
  4. Large-Scale Structure of the Universe
  5. Universe Timeline
  6. The Cosmological Constant
  7. Cosmology & The Big Bang Q&A
  8. The Hubble Law
  9. N. Kaiser's Cosmology Lectures (postscript)
  10. Introductory Astronomy Laboratories
  11. Galaxies, Quasars & Cosmology
  12. Introduction to Astrophysics
  13. Dark Matter I
  14. Dark Matter II
  15. Big Bang Nucleosynthesis I
  16. Big Bang Nucleosynthesis II
  17. Cosmology of the Local Group
  18. The Hubble Sequence of Galaxies
  19. Topological Defects in Cosmology
  20. Hubble Space Telescope Measuring the Expansion of the Universe
  21. Introduction to Astronomy & Astrophysics (in Portuguese)
  22. PENN Astro-Cosmology Page
  23. Electronic Universe
  24. Imperial College Cosmology Course
  25. Theoretical Cosmology: Brief Introduction and Links
  26. Encyclopedia of Cosmology
  27. Modern Observational Cosmology
  28. The Hot Big Bang Model
  29. The Astronomy Cafe
  30. Stan Odenwald's Cosmology Essays
  31. The Nature of the Universe
  32. Cosmology: the Science of the Universe
  33. Astronomy & Cosmology in Oregon
  34. Elementary Cosmology
  35. Astronomical Internet Resources, by the Space Telescope Institute
  36. Cosmology Review
  37. The Great 1920 `Island Universe' Debate
  38. Great Debates in Cosmology
  39. Fractal Cosmology Debate Page
  40. `Critical Dialogues in Cosmology' meeting at Princeton, 1996
  41. Cosmology: a Research Briefing
  42. Introduction to Cosmology
  43. An Introduction to Quantum Cosmology
  44. Inflationary Cosmology and the Vacuum Potential
  45. The Big Bang and Chaotic Inflation
  46. Inflationary Cosmology and Spontaneous Symmetry Breaking
  47. Introduction to the Cosmological Constant
  48. Introduction to Clusters of Galaxies
  49. The Baryon Asymmetry of the Universe
  50. N-body Simulations of Large Scale Structure
  51. Grand Challenge Cosmology Consortium
  52. US Library of Congress List of Books on Cosmology
  53. MACHO (MAssive Compact Halo Object) Page
  54. Cosmology for Beginners
  55. Introduction to Cosmology by Katherine Benson
  56. Is Space Finite?
  57. Cosmological Models: Cargése Lectures 1998 (by George F R Ellis and Henk van Elst)
  58. Newtonian Cosmology (by Marcelo B. Ribeiro) (in Portuguese)
  59. The Legend of Cosmological Homogeneity (How Paradigms Affect Science)
  60. Cosmology Links

Supernova Cosmology

  1. High-Z Supernova Search
  2. Supernova and Supernova Remnant
  3. Supernova Cosmology Project

Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation (CMBR)

  1. The Cosmic Microwave Background
  2. An Introduction to the Cosmic Microwave Background
  3. The Physics of the Microwave Background Anisotropies
  4. CMB Experiments @ Princeton
  5. The Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation

Gravitational Lensing

  1. Gravitational Lenses: Bibliography and Database
  2. The Cosmic Lens All-Sky Survey
  3. CfA-Arizona Space Telescope Lens Survey of gravitational lenses
  4. Lensing at University of Hawaii
  5. Gravitational Lensing Introduction
  6. Gravitational Lensing by Galaxy Clusters
  7. OGLE: Optical Gravitational Lensing Experiment

Gravitational Waves

  1. Theory of Gravitational Waves
  2. LIGO: Laser Interferometer Gravitational Wave Observatory
  3. LISA: Laser Interferometer Space Antenna
  4. Cardiff Gravitational Wave Data Analysis Page
  5. TAMA300: The 300m Laser Interferometer Gravitational Wave Antenna
  6. VIRGO Project
  7. Bibliography on Gravitational Waves and related Stuff
  8. Resonant Mass Gravitational Wave Antennas (ROG)

Black Holes

  1. Black Holes and Neutron Stars
  2. Binary Black Hole Grand Challenge Alliance (also at this URL)
  3. The Thermodynamics of Black Holes: Limited Events on the Horizon
  4. Geometry Around Black Holes
  5. How do we See Black Holes?
  6. Black Holes Links
  7. Black Holes
  8. Black Hole Electrodynamics
  9. Simulated Pictures of Black Holes
  10. Introductory Lectures on Black Hole Thermodynamics, by Theodore Jacobson (postscript)
  11. Black holes: inside and out, by Theodore Jacobson (postscript)
  12. Undergraduate Course on Black Holes, by Marek A. Abramowicz
  13. Lecture notes for a 'Part III' course 'Black Holes' given in DAMTP, Cambridge, by Paul Townsend

Gravity Experiments

  1. Satellite observations of Black Holes confirm frame-dragging effect - NASA
  2. Gravity Probe B Group, Stanford University

Wormholes

  1. Wormhole Physics
  2. Lorentzian Wormholes Graphics

Gravity Related Computing

  1. GRTensor II
  2. Cosmological Initial Conditions and Microwave Anisotropy Codes
  3. CMBFAST: a Microwave Anisotropy Code

Warp Drive

  1. Marcelo B. Ribeiro's Page on Warp Drive Theory

Astrophysics Images

  1. Hubble Space Telescope Images
  2. Messier Objects
  3. The Hubble Data Archive
  4. GalaxSee: Software to Create Galaxies

Brazilian Research Institutions on Gravitation and Cosmology

  1. IF-UFRJ (Institute of Physics - Federal University of Rio de Janeiro)
  2. INPE (Astrophysics Division - National Institute for Space Research)
  3. CBPF (Brazilian Center for Physics Research)
  4. IAG-USP (Institute of Astronomy & Geophysics - University of São Paulo)
  5. IF-UFRGS (Dept. Astronomy - Institute of Physics - Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul)
  6. ON (National Observatory)

Miscellany

  1. GR List: The General Relativity Mailing List
  2. RG Lista: The General Relativity Brazilian Mailing List (in Portuguese)
  3. Center for Gravitational Physics and Geometry at Penn State
  4. Robert Geroch's Suggestions for Giving Talks
  5. On Being a Scientist: Responsible Conduct in Research
  6. Sample Cover Letter for Journal Manuscript Resubmissions
  7. On line "Handbook of Space Astronomy and Astrophysics" (2nd ed.), by Martin Zombeck
  8. NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)
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