The module description from the syllabus is available
here.
Time and Place
Monday 16:15 - 17:00 & Wednesday 16:15 - 18:00, Lecture Hall 1, PI
Prerequesites:
Theoretical Physics I and II, Basic Lectures in Mathematics
Contents
- Special Relativity (recap)
- Riemannian Geometry
- Einstein's Equation
- Linearised Gravity
- Gravitational Collapse and Black Holes
- Cosmology
Literature
- Sean M. Carroll Lecture Notes on General Relativity, arXiv:gr-qc/9712019
- H. Stephani: General Relativity (Cambridge University Press), also available in German from publisher DVW
- L.D. Landau and E.M. Lifshits: Course of Theoretical Physics, Volume 2: Classical Theory of Fields (Butterworth-Heinemann), also available in German from publisher Harry Deutsch
- P.K. Townsend: Black Holes, arXiv:gr-qc/9707012