When Einstein formulated his theory of general relativity in 1915, he did not merely improve Newton's gravity theory inclementally, but succeeded with a fundamental revolution of our understanding of space and time: Masses are warping or curving spacetime. This course will introduce the basics of Einstein's theory, from the physical (equivalence principle) to the mathematical (differential geometry) aspects, and discuss the most important practical applications, such as the gravitational influence on clocks, the precession of perihelion of Mercury, gravitational lensing, black holes, gravitational waves, and cosmology.
Unfortunately, this course can officially be attended by Master students only, not Bachelor students.
- Kursverantwortliche/r: Jan Steinhoff
Semester: SoSe 2024