Course Contents
1) Gravitation and Special Relativity
2) Mathematical structure of Pseudo-Riemannian spaces
3) Fundamental physical laws of General Relativity
4) Isotropic solutions of Einstein's field equaltions and Black Holes
5) Cosmological models
Literature
J. B. Hartle, Gravity: An Introduction to Einstein's General Relativity (Pearson, 2013)
B. Schutz, A first course in General Relativity (Cambridge UP, Cambridge, 2012)
S.M. Caroll, Spacetime and Geometry (Cambridge UP, Cambridge, 2019)
R.M. Wald, General Realtivity (Chicago UP, Chicago, 1984)
Preconditions
Classical Mechanics and Electrodynamics, Quantum Mechanics
Expected Number of Participants
25
Online Offerings
moodle
- Lehrende: Gabriel Martinez
- Lehrende: Ninoy Rahman
Semester: WT 2023/24