Universität Wien

260024 VO Relativity and Cosmology II (2017S)

5.00 ECTS (4.00 SWS), SPL 26 - Physik
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Language: English

Examination dates

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

  • Thursday 02.03. 09:45 - 11:15 Josef-Stefan-Hörsaal, Boltzmanngasse 5, 3. Stk., 1090 Wien
  • Tuesday 07.03. 11:15 - 12:45 Josef-Stefan-Hörsaal, Boltzmanngasse 5, 3. Stk., 1090 Wien
  • Thursday 09.03. 09:45 - 11:15 Josef-Stefan-Hörsaal, Boltzmanngasse 5, 3. Stk., 1090 Wien
  • Tuesday 14.03. 11:15 - 12:45 Josef-Stefan-Hörsaal, Boltzmanngasse 5, 3. Stk., 1090 Wien
  • Thursday 16.03. 09:45 - 11:15 Josef-Stefan-Hörsaal, Boltzmanngasse 5, 3. Stk., 1090 Wien
  • Tuesday 21.03. 11:15 - 12:45 Josef-Stefan-Hörsaal, Boltzmanngasse 5, 3. Stk., 1090 Wien
  • Thursday 23.03. 09:45 - 11:15 Josef-Stefan-Hörsaal, Boltzmanngasse 5, 3. Stk., 1090 Wien
  • Tuesday 28.03. 11:15 - 12:45 Josef-Stefan-Hörsaal, Boltzmanngasse 5, 3. Stk., 1090 Wien
  • Thursday 30.03. 09:45 - 11:15 Josef-Stefan-Hörsaal, Boltzmanngasse 5, 3. Stk., 1090 Wien
  • Tuesday 04.04. 11:15 - 12:45 Josef-Stefan-Hörsaal, Boltzmanngasse 5, 3. Stk., 1090 Wien
  • Thursday 06.04. 09:45 - 11:15 Josef-Stefan-Hörsaal, Boltzmanngasse 5, 3. Stk., 1090 Wien
  • Tuesday 25.04. 11:15 - 12:45 Josef-Stefan-Hörsaal, Boltzmanngasse 5, 3. Stk., 1090 Wien
  • Thursday 27.04. 09:45 - 11:15 Josef-Stefan-Hörsaal, Boltzmanngasse 5, 3. Stk., 1090 Wien
  • Tuesday 02.05. 11:15 - 12:45 Josef-Stefan-Hörsaal, Boltzmanngasse 5, 3. Stk., 1090 Wien
  • Thursday 04.05. 09:45 - 11:15 Josef-Stefan-Hörsaal, Boltzmanngasse 5, 3. Stk., 1090 Wien
  • Tuesday 09.05. 11:15 - 12:45 Josef-Stefan-Hörsaal, Boltzmanngasse 5, 3. Stk., 1090 Wien
  • Thursday 11.05. 09:45 - 11:15 Josef-Stefan-Hörsaal, Boltzmanngasse 5, 3. Stk., 1090 Wien
  • Tuesday 16.05. 11:15 - 12:45 Josef-Stefan-Hörsaal, Boltzmanngasse 5, 3. Stk., 1090 Wien
  • Thursday 18.05. 09:45 - 11:15 Josef-Stefan-Hörsaal, Boltzmanngasse 5, 3. Stk., 1090 Wien
  • Tuesday 23.05. 11:15 - 12:45 Josef-Stefan-Hörsaal, Boltzmanngasse 5, 3. Stk., 1090 Wien
  • Tuesday 30.05. 11:15 - 12:45 Josef-Stefan-Hörsaal, Boltzmanngasse 5, 3. Stk., 1090 Wien
  • Thursday 01.06. 09:45 - 11:15 Josef-Stefan-Hörsaal, Boltzmanngasse 5, 3. Stk., 1090 Wien
  • Thursday 08.06. 09:45 - 11:15 Josef-Stefan-Hörsaal, Boltzmanngasse 5, 3. Stk., 1090 Wien
  • Tuesday 13.06. 11:15 - 12:45 Josef-Stefan-Hörsaal, Boltzmanngasse 5, 3. Stk., 1090 Wien
  • Tuesday 20.06. 11:15 - 12:45 Josef-Stefan-Hörsaal, Boltzmanngasse 5, 3. Stk., 1090 Wien
  • Thursday 22.06. 09:45 - 11:15 Josef-Stefan-Hörsaal, Boltzmanngasse 5, 3. Stk., 1090 Wien
  • Tuesday 27.06. 11:15 - 12:45 Josef-Stefan-Hörsaal, Boltzmanngasse 5, 3. Stk., 1090 Wien
  • Thursday 29.06. 09:45 - 11:15 Josef-Stefan-Hörsaal, Boltzmanngasse 5, 3. Stk., 1090 Wien

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

Aims: Development of the mathematical apparatus of General Relativity and its application to phenomena in astrophysics and cosmology.
Contents: Physical foundations, differential and Riemannian geometry, dynamics of the gravitational field, Schwarzschild solution, gravitational collapse and black holes, relativistic cosmology, linearized theory of gravitation and gravitational waves.
Method: Physical reasoning and mathematical deduction.

Assessment and permitted materials

Oral examination

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Minimal requirements: 60% complete answers to the questions of the exam.
Criteria: 60% - 4, 70% - 3, 80 % - 2, 90% - 1.

Examination topics

As listed under contents and detailed in the lecture notes.

Reading list

Hughston, Tod: An introduction to general relativity;
Wald: General Relativity; Hartle: Gravity: An Introduction to Einstein's General Relativity; R. d'Inverno: Introducing Einstein's Relativity; Lecturer's notes

Association in the course directory

MaG 20

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