Philippe Jetzer: Catalogue data in Autumn Semester 2019 |
Name | Prof. Dr. Philippe Jetzer (Professor Universität Zürich (UZH)) |
Address | Universität Zürich Winterthurerstrasse 190 Physik 8057 Zürich SWITZERLAND |
Telephone | 044 635 58 19 |
jetzerp@ethz.ch | |
Department | Physics |
Relationship | Lecturer |
Number | Title | ECTS | Hours | Lecturers | |
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402-0830-00L | General Relativity Special Students UZH must book the module PHY511 directly at UZH. | 10 credits | 4V + 2U | P. Jetzer | |
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 |