General Relativity

Lecturer: Dr Friedemann Queisser

required prior knowledge: Theory lectures B.Sc. Physics
 

Lectures: BZW A120, MO 2.DS and TH 5.DS (even weeks)

Exercises: BZW A120, TH 5.DS (odd weeks)

Content:

    Basic postulates - Covariance principle
    Riemannian geometry and tensor analysis
    Einstein's field equations of gravitation
    Schwarzschild metric and black holes
    Cosmology: Friedmann-Robertson-Walker metric