Relativity and Cosmology I

53112  |  Winter term 2013/14

Prof. Dr. Claus Kiefer

Mondays, 16:00-17:30, and Wednesdays, 10:00-11:30,
in the seminar room of the Institute for Theoretical Physics

Start: October 14, 2013


Master core course within the Primary Area of Specialization GR-QFT

»  Contents of the lecture

 Schwarzschild wormhole

Exercise classes

Organization:  

Manuel Krämer and Thaisa Guio — office K105 (Nuclear Physics Institute, ground floor)

Time and place:  

Group 1: Thursdays, 14:00-15:30, in the seminar room of the II. Physical Institute
Group 2: Thursdays, 16:00-17:30, in the library of the Nuclear Physics Institute (top floor)
                If you come late, ring the bell of the secretary’s office to get access.
Start: October 24, 2013

Exercise sheets

Copies of the exercise sheets can be found in front of the entrance of the Institute for Theoretical Physics. New exercise sheets will be put there each Wednesday after the lecture (11:30 am). Alternatively, they can be downloaded below.
The solutions to the exercises have to be handed in one week later at the end of the lecture on Wednesday or during the exercise class on Thursday by each student individually. The exercises are then discussed yet another week later.

   No. Release Deadline Discussion
   Exercise sheet 1 October 16 October 24 October 24
   Exercise sheet 2 October 23 October 31 October 31
   Exercise sheet 3 October 30 Wed, November 6 November 14
   Exercise sheet 4 November 6 November 14 November 21
   Exercise sheet 5 November 13 November 21 November 28
   Exercise sheet 6 November 20 November 28 December 5
   Exercise sheet 7 November 27 December 5 December 12
   Exercise sheet 8 December 4 December 12 December 19
   Exercise sheet 9 December 11 December 19 January 9
   Exercise sheet 10 December 18 January 9 January 16
   Exercise sheet 11 January 8 January 16 January 24
   Exercise sheet 12 January 15 January 23 January 30
   Exercise sheet 13 January 22 January 30 February 6

Criteria for passing the course

  • Active participation in the exercise class, i.e. presenting a solution to an exercise at least twice.
  • At least 50 % of the credit points from the exercises.

Literature

Further reading

Contents of the lecture
  1. Introduction
  2. Newtonian gravity
  3. Special relativity
  4. Gravity as geometry
  5. Differential geometry I: Classic formulation
  6. Einstein’s field equations and their linear approximation
  7. Gravitational waves
  8. The Schwarzschild solution
  9. Geodesics in the Schwarzschild solution

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Group 1 — Thu, 14:00-15:30, seminar room of the II. Physical Institute

Tutor: Thaisa Guio

  1. Soraya Behroozian
  2. Daniel Böde
  3. Nandita Chaturvedi
  4. Alessandro Fasse
  5. Kim Alina Forche
  6. Heinrich Fröml
  7. Kay Herklotz
  8. Laura Köhler
  9. Achim Kolmer
  10. Tobias Liepold
  11. Jan Manousakis
  12. Johanna Meumertzheim
  13. Aaron Saalmann
  14. Uddhipan Thakur
  15. Patrick Wong

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Group 2 — Thu, 16:00-17:30, library of the Nuclear Physics Institute

Tutor: Manuel Krämer

  1. Anjishnu Bandyopadhyay
  2. Pranjal Dhole
  3. Poulami Ganguly
  4. Philippe Gillen
  5. Nick Kwidzinski
  6. Johannes Markert
  7. Branislav Nikolić
  8. Jonathan Ónody
  9. Shadi Rahimian
  10. Emilio Torres
  11. Alexander Voß
  12. Marcel Zimmer

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