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FYTN08: General Relativity, 7.5 credits

given by the Department of Astronomy and Theoretical 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

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Image credit: NASA

Mathematics and physics knowledge required

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: U-G-VG
Course plan: in English or Swedish

Course literature

Note: We will the third edition of the book, but the second edition is still adequate if you already own it (may change from Spring 2024 on)
B.F. Schutz, A first course in general relativity, Third edition, Cambridge University Press, 2022, ISBN 9781108492676
B.F. Schutz, A first course in general relativity, Second edition, Cambridge University Press, 2009, ISBN 978-0-521-88705-2

Teachers

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

Introductory Meetings

Information about the compulsory introductory meetings can be found here.

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