Introduction to General Relativity and Cosmology
Lecture in summer term 2021
Organisers: Jochen Heitger und Raimar Wulkenhaar
Schedule: Di 12-14 und Do 14-14
Place: Learnweb
The lecture will be held virtually. To inscribe into the learnweb course please send an e-mail to (heitger at uni-muenster dot de) or (raimar at math dot uni-muenster dot de).
Topics:
- General Relativity: Equivalence principle, semi-Riemannian geometry, Einstein's field equations, Schwarzschild solution, black holes, gravitational waves.
- Cosmology: Friedmann Lemaitre equations and world models, early universe, accelerated expansion of the universe, dark matter, experimental methods and results in cosmology.
Literature:
Newer books:
- T. P. Cheng: Relativity, Gravitation and Cosmology (Oxford University Press)
- E. Rebhan: Theoretische Physik - Relativitätstheorie und Kosmologie (Spektrum Akademischer Verlag, 2011)
- R. d'Inverno: Einführung in die Relativitätstheorie (Wiley-VCH)
- L. H. Ryder: Introduction to General Relativity (Cambridge University Press)
Classic books:
- A. Einstein: Grundzüge der Relativitätstheorie (Springer, 2008)
- L. D. Landau, E. M. Lifshitz: Lehrbuch der Theoretischen Physik II, Klassische Feldtheorie (Harri Deutsch, 1997)
- S. Weinberg: Gravitation and Cosmology (Oxford University Press, 2008)
- P. A. M. Dirac: General Theory of Relativity (Princeton University Press, 1996)
- H. Stephani: Allgemeine Relativitätstheorie (Wiley-VCH)
- C. Misner, K. Thorne, J. Wheeler: Gravitation (W.H. Freeman, 1973)
- R. Sexl, H. Urbantke: Gravitation und Kosmologie (Spektrum Akademischer Verlag)