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MTF066 Theory of Relativity 3.0 ECTS credits | |
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TIMEPERIOD: Q III LANGUAGE:English/Swedish EXAMINER Johan Hansson Univ lekt PREREQUISITES The compulsary first-year courses in Mathematics. COURSE AIM This course gives an insight into Einstein`s theory of relativity and its consequences for other disciplines, such as particle and nuclear physics, astrophysics and cosmology. The course contains special relativity and an introduction to general relativity, gravitation and cosmology. CONTENTS Einstein's postulates for special relativity. The concept of a four-dimensional space-time. Cartesian tensors and tensor formulations of natural laws. Translations and rotations in space-time, and their connections to the conservation laws of Nature. Specific effects, e.g. length contraction, time dilation, relativistic Doppler shift. Conceptual difficulties and "paradoxes" (e.g. the Twin Paradox). The ideas behind Einstein's general theory of relativity. Curved space-time and tensors in non-Euclidean space. The four-momentum tensor and Einstein's law of gravitation. The Schwarzschild solution.. Experimental tests. Black holes. Gravitational waves. Gravitation and cosmology. The curved and expanding Universe. TEACHING The course consists of lectures devoted to a core material in the book. EXAMINATION Written examination/Homework assignment. COURSE GRADE SCALE: U, 3, 4, 5 ITEMS/CREDITS | |
| Homework assignment/Written exam | 3.00ECTS |
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COURSE LITERATURE d'Inverno Ray: Introducing Einstein's Relativity. ISBN: 0-19-859686-3, Clarendon Press, Oxford 1992. Further information: International Office |
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