Einführung in die Allgemeine Relativitätstheorie und Kosmologie - Einzelansicht

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Credit points:

8 ECTS points for students who (i) attend the lectures, (ii) obtain at least 50% of all possible points on the problem sheets, and (iii) present at least twice at the blackboard in the tutorial. Solutions to the problem sheets can be handed in in groups of two. 4 ECTS points for students who only attend the lectures.

Contents:

1. Review of special relativity and flat spacetime

2. Manifolds, pseudo-Riemannian geometry

3. Einstein's field equations

4. Schwarzschild solution, black holes

5. Gravitational waves

6. Basics of modern cosmology

The course will mostly follow the discussion in the textbook by Sean M. Carroll "Spacetime and Geometry -- An Introduction to General Relativity".

Reading this textbook alongside the course is encouraged and will provide you with the best possible experience.

More recent books:

• S. M. Carroll: Spacetime and Geometry -- An Introduction to General Relativity (Cambridge University Press)
• T. P. Cheng: Relativity, Gravitation and Cosmology (Oxford University Press)
• R. d'Inverno: Einführung in die Relativitätstheorie (Wiley-VCH)
• E. Rebhan: Theoretische Physik - Relativitätstheorie und Kosmologie (Spektrum Akademischer Verlag)
• L. H. Ryder: Introduction to General Relativity (Cambridge University Press)

Classics:

• P. A. M. Dirac: General Theory of Relativity (Princeton University Press)
• A. Einstein: Grundzüge der Relativitätstheorie (Springer)
• L. D. Landau, E. M. Lifshitz: Lehrbuch der Theoretischen Physik II, Klassische Feldtheorie (Harri Deutsch)
• C. Misner, K. Thorne, J. Wheeler: Gravitation (W.H. Freeman)
• R. Sexl, H. Urbantke: Gravitation und Kosmologie (Spektrum Akademischer Verlag)
• H. Stephani: Allgemeine Relativitätstheorie (Wiley-VCH)
• S. Weinberg: Gravitation and Cosmology (Oxford University Press)

The course and tutorial will be taught in English.

Im Masterstudiengang Physik kann die Vorlesung "Allgemeine Relativitätstheorie" in Absprache mit dem jeweiligen Modulverantwortlichen als Bestandteil der Module "Physikalische Vertiefung I / II" gewählt werden.

Basic knowledge of special relativity.