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
Telephone044 635 58 19
E-mailjetzerp@ethz.ch
DepartmentPhysics
RelationshipLecturer

NumberTitleECTSHoursLecturers
402-0830-00LGeneral Relativity Information
Special Students UZH must book the module PHY511 directly at UZH.
10 credits4V + 2UP. Jetzer
AbstractManifold, 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.
ObjectiveBasic understanding of general relativity, its mathematical foundations, and some of the interesting phenomena it predicts.
LiteratureSuggested 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