General Relativity - FYTN08

General Relativity - FYTN08

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FYTN08: General Relativity, 7.5 credits

given by the Department of Physics.

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Contents​​

The course contains

  • Special relativity
  • Vector analysis in special relativity
  • Tensor analysis in special relativity
  • Perfect fluids
  • Preface to curvature
  • Curved manifolds
  • Physics in a curved spacetime
  • The Einstein field equations
  • Gravitational radiation
  • Spherical solutions for stars
  • Schwarzschild geometry and black holes
  • Cosmology

 

Required knowledge 

The mathematics and physics knowledge required to be able to take this course is described at Mathematics and Physics knowledge required.

Note that this is a master level theoretical physics course and the difficulty level is adjusted to that. It can be taken by bachelor students in their third year but tends to be rather hard at that level.

 

General information

  • Semester: ​spring
  • Study period: ​2
  • Level: ​master
  • Language: English
  • Form of teaching:  Lectures and exercise sessions
  • Assessment: homework, oral presentations, hand-in exercises and oral exam
  • Grading scale: Fail, Pass, Pass with distinction
  • Course plan: in English or Swedish

 

Course literature

  • Note: We will use the third edition of the book, but the second edition is still adequate if you already own it (may change any time but the difference is basically in the 'advanced' lectures which are not in the exam)
  • B.F. Schutz, A first course in general relativity, Third edition, Cambridge University Press, 2022, ISBN 9781108492676 (available online at Lund University)
  • B.F. Schutz, A first course in general relativity, Second edition, Cambridge University Press, 2009, ISBN 978-0-521-88705-2

 

Teacher

  • Johan Bijnens, (johan.bijnens@fysik.lu.se), ​​phone: 046-2220447

 

Schedule and other useful information

The schedule is Monday-Wednesday-Friday 10-12 with some exceptions.

The schedule for the next instance of the course is available via TimeEdit. Other useful information such as literature, course evaluations from previous years, etc. can be found at General information for the ongoing/next course instance.

 

Application

Through antagning.se. Links to an external site.