General Relativity and Cosmology (T) - physics754
| Course | General Relativity and Cosmology (T) |
|---|---|
| Course No. | physics754 |
| Category | Type | Language | Teaching hours | CP | Semester |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elective | Lecture with exercises | English | 3+2 | 7 | ST |
Preparation:
physik221 and physik321 (Theoretical Physics I and II)
Differential geometry
Form of Testing and Examination: Requirements for the examination (written): successful work with the exercises
Length of Course: 1 semester
Aims of the Course: Understanding the general theory of relativity and its cosmological implications
Contents of the Course:
Relativity principle
Gravitation in relativistic mechanics
Curvilineal coordinates
Curvature and energy-momentum tensor
Einstein-Hilbert action and the equations of the gravitational field
Black holes
Gravitational waves
Time evolution of the universe
Friedmann-Robertson-Walker solutions
Recommended Literature:
S.Weinberg; Gravitation and Cosmology (J. Wiley & Sons 1972)
R. Sexl: Gravitation und Kosmologie, Eine Einführung in die Allgemeine Relativitätstheorie (Spektrum Akadem. Verlag 5. Aufl 2002)
L.D. Landau, E.M. Lifschitz; Course of Theoretical Physics Vol.2: Classical field theory (Butterworth-Heinemann 1995), also available in German from publisher Harry Deutsch