FU:TFADPV001 Relativistic phys and astroph - Course Information

TFADPV001 Relativistic physics and astrophysics

Extent and Intensity

0/0/0. Type of Completion: dzk.

Teacher(s)

prof. RNDr. Zdeněk Stuchlík, CSc. (lecturer)

Guaranteed by

prof. RNDr. Zdeněk Stuchlík, CSc.
Institute of physics in Opava

Prerequisites

Good knowledge of basic chapters of relativistic physics and astrophysics is expected:
- Differential geometry, tensor analysis,
- Einstein´s equations, Schwarzschild and Kerr solution,
- Covariant formulation of physical laws,
- Relativistic dynamics and electrodynamics,
- Relativistic hydrodynamics,
- Gravitational collapse and black holes,
- Thermodynamics of black holes,
- Cosmological models,
- Gravitational waves.

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

• Theoretical physics and Astrophysics (programme FU, TFAD) (2)

Course objectives

The aim of the course is to develop knowledge of basic chapters of relativistic physics and astrophysics (see Prerequisites of the course) and to gain knowledge of more advanced chapters of relativistic physics and astrophysics at the highest level reflecting the current state of research.

Learning outcomes

It depends on the individual study plan of the student.

Syllabus

• Particular advanced chapters of relativistic physics and astrophysics and their content are selected for the content of the course within the individual study plan so that they are directly related to the topic of the dissertation and at the same time suitably complement parts of other compulsory optional courses of the student's individual study plan. The chapters could be, for example:
  - Gravitational lenses and imaging in curved spacetime,
  - Perturbation of black holes,
  - Wormholes and their dynamics, transversible wormholes
  - Cosmological constant and vacuum energy,
  - Exact solutions of Einstein´s equations.
  
  

Literature

• Misner, C. W., Thorne, K. S., Wheeler, J. A. Gravitation, Freeman, San Francisco, 1973 (2017)
• Straumann, N. General Relativity and Reativistic Astrophysics, Springet-Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg, New York, Tokyo, 1984
• Další studijní literatura bude doporučena v závislosti na stanovení obsahové náplně předmětu v rámci individuálního studijního plánu.
• Schutz, B. A First Course in General Relativity, 2nd ed Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2009
• Další studijní literatura bude doporučena v závislosti na stanovení obsahové náplně předmětu v rámci individuálního studijního plánu.
• Chandrasekhar, S. The Mathematical Theory of Black Holes, Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1998
• Dvořák L. Obecná teorie relativity a moderní fyzikální obraz vesmíru, skriptum SPN, Praha, 1984

Teaching methods

self-study, discussions

Assessment methods

exam

Language of instruction

Czech

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

The course can also be completed outside the examination period.

Teacher's information

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