402-0830-00L General Relativity
Semester | Autumn Semester 2018 |
Lecturers | R. Renner |
Periodicity | yearly recurring course |
Language of instruction | English |
Abstract | Manifold, Riemannian metric, connection, curvature; Special Relativity; Lorentzian metric; Equivalence principle; Tidal force and spacetime curvature; Energy-momentum tensor, field equations, Newtonian limit; Post-Newtonian approximation; Schwarzschild solution; Mercury's perihelion precession, light deflection. |
Objective | Basic understanding of general relativity, its mathematical foundations, and some of the interesting phenomena it predicts. |
Literature | Suggested textbooks: C. Misner, K, Thorne and J. Wheeler: Gravitation S. Carroll - Spacetime and Geometry: An Introduction to General Relativity R. Wald - General Relativity S. Weinberg - Gravitation and Cosmology N. Straumann - General Relativity with applications to Astrophysics |