| Univ. Bremen Prof. Dr. C. Lämmerzahl, Dr. D. Philipp, PD Dr. E. Hackmann, PD Dr. V. Perlick | General Relativity (S3, elective, 9 ECTS) |
| Learning Outcomes: | Students get insight into modern aspects and applications of General Relativity. |
| Knowledge and Understanding: | Physical understanding of general relativistic theory from its basic concepts to modern applications, competent application of mathematical techniques and equations |
| Applying Knowledge and Understanding: | |
| Prerequisites | Knowledge of Special Relativity and tensor calculus is beneficial |
| Program | Incompatibility of Newtonian Gravity and Special Relativity, Equivalence Principle, differential geometry and spacetime structure, geodesic equation, Einstein field equation, Newtonian limit, Schwarzschild metric, relativistic effects on particles and light, interior Schwarzschild solution; possible additional topics: gravitational waves, black holes, accretion disks, PPN formalism, timing. |
| Description of how the course is conducted | Frontal teaching is complemented by hands-on exercises |
| Description of the didactic methods | |
| Description of the evaluation methods | Oral or written exam at the end of the semester; complemented by graded exercises and tests during the semester |
| Adopted Textbooks | Sean Carroll “Spacetime and Geometry: Introduction to General Relativity” B. Schutz: “A first course in General Relativity” additional literature to be announced by the lecturer |
| Recommended readings | C. Misner, K. Thorne, J. Wheeler: “Gravitation”; S. Chandrasekhar ”The mathematical theory of black holes”; additional literature to be announced by the lecturer |
