General Relativity and Cosmology
Credits: 3
Type: Compulsory
Duration: C1
COURSE INDEX
- The theory of General Relativity
The principles of General Relativity. Einstein’s field equations. Lagrangian formulation. Energy conditions and singularity theorems.
- Modern cosmology
Relativistic cosmology. FLRW models and their evolution. Modern topics (dark energy, inflation).
- Gravitational waves
Basic theory. Sources of gravitational radiation. Gravitational wave detection.
- Compact objects
Black holes (Kerr metric, geodesics, thermodynamics). Neutron stars (structure, dynamics, evolution).
BIBLIOGRAPHY
- Rindler, Relativity Special, General, and Cosmological (Oxford University Press, 2006)
- L. Shapiro, S. A. Teukolsky, Black Holes, White Dwarfs and Neutron Stars, The Physics of Compact Objects (John Wiley & Sons Inc. 1983)
- W. Misner, K. S. Thorne, J. A. Wheeler, Gravitation (San Francisco: W.H. Freeman and Co. 1973)
- D’Inverno, Introducing Einstein’s Relativity (Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1992)