| TFYY57 | Theory of Relativity, 6 ECTS credits. /Relativitetsteori/ |
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Prel. scheduled
hours: 56 |
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Area of Education: Science Subject area: Physics |
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| Advancement level
(G1, G2, A): A
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| Aim: The purpose of the course is to give a good understanding of the principles and consequences of the special and general theory of relativity and an introductory knowledge of relativistic cosmology. After a finished course the student knows how to:
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| Prerequisites: (valid for students admitted to programmes within which the course is offered) Electromagnetic Field Theory, Classical Electrodynamics, Analytical mechanics. Note: Admission requirements for non-programme students usually also include admission requirements for the programme and threshhold requirements for progression within the programme, or corresponding. |
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| Organisation: The course is presented on 56 lecture hours. |
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| Course contents: The postulates of special relativity, Lorentz-transformations, high energy dynamics, transformation properties of electromagnetic fields, the electromagnetic field tensor. Basic tensor calculus. The postulates of general relativity. Einstein's field equations, Schwarzschild's solution of the field equations. The deviation of light in a gravitational field, the perihelion drift of Mercury and the gravitational redshift is computed and related to the observed data. Black holes. An introduction to relativistic cosmology. |
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| Course literature: No special litterature is followed, but R. D'Inverno, Introducing Einstein's Relativity, Clarendon is recommended. |
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| Homework problems and oral presentation (U,3,4,5) |
6 ECTS |
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Course language is Swedish. Department offering the course: IFM. Director of Studies: Leif Johansson Examiner: Rolf Riklund Link to the course homepage at the department Course Syllabus in Swedish |
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