PřF:F7140 General theory of relativity - Course Information
F7140 General theory of relativity
Faculty of ScienceAutumn 2007
- Extent and Intensity
- 2/1. 3 credit(s) (fasci plus compl plus > 4). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
- Teacher(s)
- prof. Rikard von Unge, Ph.D. (lecturer)
prof. Rikard von Unge, Ph.D. (seminar tutor) - Guaranteed by
- prof. RNDr. Michal Lenc, Ph.D.
Department of Theoretical Physics and Astrophysics – Physics Section – Faculty of Science
Contact Person: prof. Rikard von Unge, Ph.D. - Prerequisites
- F3063 Integration of forms F4090 Electrodynamics and special theory of relativity
- Course Enrolment Limitations
- The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
- fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
- Theoretical Physics and Astrophysics (programme PřF, N-FY) (2)
- Theoretical Physics and Astrophysics (programme PřF, N-FY, specialization Astrofyzika)
- Theoretical Physics and Astrophysics (programme PřF, N-FY, specialization Teoretická fyzika)
- Course objectives
- Manifolds, metrics, connections, coordinates, Lie derivatives, geodesics, curvature, Einsteins equations, weak field limit, gravitaional waves, the Schwarzschild solution, cosmological solutions
- Literature
- Lecture notes on General Relativity od Sean M. Carroll, http://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/9712019
- D'INVERNO, Ray. Introducing Einstein's relativity. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1992, xi, 383. ISBN 0198596863. info
- WALD, Robert M. General relativity. Chicago: The University of Chicago, 1984, xiii, 491. ISBN 0226870332. info
- MISNER, Charles W., Kip S. THORNE and John Archibald WHEELER. Gravitation. San Francisco: W.H. Freeman, 1973, xxvi, 1279. ISBN 0-7167-0344-0. info
- Assessment methods (in Czech)
- Zkouška bude složena ze dvou částí. Domácí úkoly během kursu a ústní zkouška na konci.
- Language of instruction
- Czech
- Further Comments
- The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week. - Teacher's information
- http://physics.muni.cz/~unge
- Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2007, recent)
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