402-0832-11L Applications of General Relativity in Astrophysics and Cosmology
| Semester | Spring Semester 2020 |
| Lecturers | P. Jetzer |
| Periodicity | non-recurring course |
| Language of instruction | English |
| Comment | No enrolment to this course at ETH Zurich. Book the corresponding module directly at UZH. UZH Module Code: PHY519 Mind the enrolment deadlines at UZH: https://www.uzh.ch/cmsssl/en/studies/application/mobilitaet.html |
| Abstract | The following topics will be discussed: - Time delay of radar echoes - Geodetic precession - Lense-Thirring effect - Gravitational waves (their detection and applications) - Binary pulsar - Schwarzschild black holes - Kerr solution |
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| Lecture notes | see homepage for script: http://www.itp.uzh.ch/lectures/jetzer/GR2013/ |