2014–2015 General Relativity

 

  1. 1.Logistic details

  2. •Dates & time: 13:00 on Mondays and Thursdays every week

  3. -First class: 2 February; last class 19 March

  4. •Rooms: SP G2.10

  5. •Final exam: 26 March, 13:00–16:00, Tentamenzaal USC Sporthal 1

  6. •Teaching assistants: Michael Feyereisen (m.r.feyereisen {at} uva.nl), Niki Klop (l.b.klop {at} uva.nl)

  7. •Credit: 6EC

  8. 2.Textbooks

  9. •S. M. Carroll: “Spacetime and Geometry: An Introduction to General Relativity” (Benjamin Cummings, 2003)

  10. •B. Shutz: “A First Course in General Relativity” (Cambridge University Press, 2nd edition, 2009)

  11. •C. W. Misner, K. S. Thorne, & J. A. Wheeler: “Gravitation” (W. H. Freeman, 1973)

  12. •R. W. Wald: “General Relativity” (University of Chicago Press, 1984)

  13. •S. Weinberg: “Gravitation and Cosmology: Principles and Applications of the General Theory of Relativity” (John Wiley & Sons, Inc.,1972)

  14. •L. D. Landau & E. M. Lifshitz: “The Classical Theory of Fields” (Butterworth-Heinemann, 4th edition, 1980)

  15. 3.Covered contents (equivalent of sections in Carroll 2003) and exercise problems:

  16. •February 2: Secs. 1.1–1.3 (Slides; Exercises)

  17. •February 5: Secs. 1.4–1.8, part of Sec. 1.9 (Exercises)

  18. •February 9: Secs. 2.1−2.3, part of Sec. 2.4 (Slides; Exercises)

  19. •February 12: Secs. 2.4−2.6 (Exercises)

  20. •February 16: part of Secs. 2.8 and 2.10, Secs. 3.1−3.4 (Exercises)

  21. •February 19: Secs. 3.5−3.7, 3.10, part of Sec. 1.9 (Exercises)

  22. •February 23: part of Sec. 1.9, Sec. 4.1, part of Sec. 4.2 (Exercises)

  23. •February 26: part of Sec. 4.2, Secs 7.1, 7.2, part of Sec. 7.3 (Exercises)

  24. •March 2: part of Sec. 7.3, Secs. 7.4, 7.5 (Exercises)

  25. •March 5 and 9: Chap. 5 (Exercises)

  26. •March 12: Secs. 8.2−8.4, part of Sec. 8.7 (Exercises)

  27. •March 16: Secs. 8.5 and 8.8