Master - Fakultät für Physik und Astronomie
Master - Fakultät für Physik und Astronomie
Master - Fakultät für Physik und Astronomie
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Ruprecht-Karls-University Heidelberg 10<br />
Department of Physics and Astronomy<br />
Code: MKTP3<br />
Course Title: General Relativity<br />
Programme: <strong>Master</strong> of Science (Physics)<br />
Type: Lecture with exercises<br />
Credit Points: 8<br />
Workload: 240 h<br />
Teaching Hours:<br />
6/week<br />
Mode:<br />
WPM<br />
Term:<br />
SS<br />
Module Parts:<br />
• Lecture on “General Relativity” (4 hours/week)<br />
• Exercise with homework (2 hours/week)<br />
Module Contents:<br />
• Manifolds<br />
• Geodetics, curvature, Einstein-Hilbert action<br />
• Einstein equations<br />
• Cosmology<br />
• Differential forms in General Relativity<br />
• The Schwarzschild solution<br />
• Schwarzschild black holes<br />
• More on black holes (Penrose diagrams, charged and rotating black holes)<br />
• Unruh effect and hawking radiation<br />
Objective: To have a firm command of Einstein’s theory of General Relativity including the<br />
necessary tools from differential geometry and applications such as black holes,<br />
gravitational radiation and cosmology.<br />
Necessary/useful Knowledge: Content of PTP1, PTP2, PTP3, PTP4<br />
Recommended Literature: announced by lecturer<br />
Specialties: Exercises with homework<br />
Form of Testing and Examination: Usually a 2-3 hours written examination.<br />
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