PHY519 Applications of General Relativity
General Information
| Lecturer: | Prof. Philippe Jetzer |
| Assistants: |
Adrian Boitier (Irchel, Y36 K32) Michael Ebersold (Irchel, Y36 K32) |
| Misc: | |
| Exam: | 30 min oral, date by arrangement |
Lecture
This course is offered as a continuation to the general relativity lecture (PHY 511) in self-study mode. Course material is mainly the Applications script which has references to the GR script from HS 19, as well as the 9 Exercise sheets and the reading of the paper about the first observation of gravitational waves.
In case of questions, feel free to drop an e-mail to one of the assistants.
Applications of General Relativity in Astrophysics and Cosmology (PDF, 769 KB)
General Relativity (HS 19) (PDF, 1 MB)
Please report any mistakes or typos to Michael.
Exercises
| Exercise 1 (PDF, 113 KB) | Solution 1 (PDF, 122 KB) |
| Exercise 2 (PDF, 167 KB) | Solution 2 (PDF, 178 KB) |
| Exercise 3 (PDF, 110 KB) | Solution 3 (PDF, 134 KB) |
| Exercise 4 (PDF, 123 KB) | Solution 4 (PDF, 141 KB) |
| Exercise 5 (PDF, 152 KB) | Solution 5 (PDF, 301 KB) |
| Exercise 6 (PDF, 130 KB) | Solution 6 (PDF, 119 KB) |
| Exercise 7 (PDF, 89 KB) | Solution 7 (PDF, 110 KB) |
| Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Black Hole Merger | Link to paper |
| Observation of a Binary Black Hole Coalescence with Asymmetric Masses (optional) | Link to paper |
| Exercise 8 (PDF, 80 KB) | Solution 8 (PDF, 121 KB) |
| Exercise 9 (PDF, 115 KB) | Solution 9 (PDF, 126 KB) |
Additional Material
- Popular lecture notes by Sean Caroll
Recommended Books
- S. Carroll, Spacetime and Geometry, Pearson, 2003
- S. Weinberg, Gravitation and Cosmology, Wiley, 1972
- N. Straumann, General Relativity with applications to Astrophysics, Springer Verlag, 2004
- C. Misner, K. Thorne and J. Wheeler, Gravitation, Freeman, 1973
- R. Wald, General Relativity, Chicago University Press, 1984
- T. Fliessbach, Allgemeine Relativitätstheorie, Spektrum Verlag, 1995
- B. Schutz, A first course in General Relativity, Cambridge, 1985
- R. Sachs and H. Wu, General Relativity for mathematicians, Springer Verlag, 1977
- J. Hartle, Gravity, An introduction to Einstein's General Relativity, Addison Wesley, 2002
- H. Stephani, General Relativity, Cambridge University Press, 1990
- A. Zee, Einstein Gravity in a Nutshell, Princeton University Press, 2013
- M. Guidry, Modern General Relativity, Cambridge University Press, 2019
- M. Maggiore, Gravitational Waves: Volume 1: Theory and Experiments, Oxford University Press, 2008