Acquisition and understanding of the theoretical structures underlying General Relativity
Curriculum
teacher profile teaching materials
General covariance. Local inertial systems. References to Special Relativity. Noether's theorem. Curvilinear coordinates.
Christoffel symbols. Geodesic. Covariant derivation. Curvature. Geodesic deviation. Well tensor.
Einstein-Hilbert action. Identity of Palatine. Analogies with spin gauge theories 1. Couplings: tensor
pulse-energy, scalar field and electromagnetic field. Linear approximation. Gravitational waves.
(Addison-Wesley 2014/Cambridge University Press, 2019)
- Wald R, ``General Relativity'' (The University of Chicago Press, 1984).
Fruizione: 20402258 TEORIA DELLA RELATIVITA' in Fisica LM-17 FRANCIA DARIO
Programme
Inertia and invariance in Galilean Relativity and Special Relativity. The principle of equivalence.General covariance. Local inertial systems. References to Special Relativity. Noether's theorem. Curvilinear coordinates.
Christoffel symbols. Geodesic. Covariant derivation. Curvature. Geodesic deviation. Well tensor.
Einstein-Hilbert action. Identity of Palatine. Analogies with spin gauge theories 1. Couplings: tensor
pulse-energy, scalar field and electromagnetic field. Linear approximation. Gravitational waves.
Core Documentation
- Carroll S, ``Spacetime and Geometry: An Introduction to General Relativity’'(Addison-Wesley 2014/Cambridge University Press, 2019)
- Wald R, ``General Relativity'' (The University of Chicago Press, 1984).
Type of delivery of the course
lessons take place in the classroom, frontal modeType of evaluation
the exam takes place only in oral form teacher profile teaching materials
General covariance. Local inertial systems. References to Special Relativity. Noether's theorem. Curvilinear coordinates.
Christoffel symbols. Geodesic. Covariant derivation. Curvature. Geodesic deviation. Well tensor.
Einstein-Hilbert action. Identity of Palatine. Analogies with spin gauge theories 1. Couplings: tensor
pulse-energy, scalar field and electromagnetic field. Linear approximation. Gravitational waves.
(Addison-Wesley 2014/Cambridge University Press, 2019)
- Wald R, ``General Relativity'' (The University of Chicago Press, 1984).
Fruizione: 20402258 TEORIA DELLA RELATIVITA' in Fisica LM-17 FRANCIA DARIO
Programme
Inertia and invariance in Galilean Relativity and Special Relativity. The principle of equivalence.General covariance. Local inertial systems. References to Special Relativity. Noether's theorem. Curvilinear coordinates.
Christoffel symbols. Geodesic. Covariant derivation. Curvature. Geodesic deviation. Well tensor.
Einstein-Hilbert action. Identity of Palatine. Analogies with spin gauge theories 1. Couplings: tensor
pulse-energy, scalar field and electromagnetic field. Linear approximation. Gravitational waves.
Core Documentation
- Carroll S, ``Spacetime and Geometry: An Introduction to General Relativity’'(Addison-Wesley 2014/Cambridge University Press, 2019)
- Wald R, ``General Relativity'' (The University of Chicago Press, 1984).
Type of delivery of the course
lessons take place in the classroom, frontal modeType of evaluation
the exam takes place only in oral form teacher profile teaching materials
General covariance. Local inertial systems. References to Special Relativity. Noether's theorem. Curvilinear coordinates.
Christoffel symbols. Geodesic. Covariant derivation. Curvature. Geodesic deviation. Well tensor.
Einstein-Hilbert action. Identity of Palatine. Analogies with spin gauge theories 1. Couplings: tensor
pulse-energy, scalar field and electromagnetic field. Linear approximation. Gravitational waves.
(Addison-Wesley 2014/Cambridge University Press, 2019)
- Wald R, ``General Relativity'' (The University of Chicago Press, 1984).
Fruizione: 20402258 TEORIA DELLA RELATIVITA' in Fisica LM-17 FRANCIA DARIO
Programme
Inertia and invariance in Galilean Relativity and Special Relativity. The principle of equivalence.General covariance. Local inertial systems. References to Special Relativity. Noether's theorem. Curvilinear coordinates.
Christoffel symbols. Geodesic. Covariant derivation. Curvature. Geodesic deviation. Well tensor.
Einstein-Hilbert action. Identity of Palatine. Analogies with spin gauge theories 1. Couplings: tensor
pulse-energy, scalar field and electromagnetic field. Linear approximation. Gravitational waves.
Core Documentation
- Carroll S, ``Spacetime and Geometry: An Introduction to General Relativity’'(Addison-Wesley 2014/Cambridge University Press, 2019)
- Wald R, ``General Relativity'' (The University of Chicago Press, 1984).
Type of delivery of the course
lessons take place in the classroom, frontal modeType of evaluation
the exam takes place only in oral form teacher profile teaching materials
General covariance. Local inertial systems. References to Special Relativity. Noether's theorem. Curvilinear coordinates.
Christoffel symbols. Geodesic. Covariant derivation. Curvature. Geodesic deviation. Well tensor.
Einstein-Hilbert action. Identity of Palatine. Analogies with spin gauge theories 1. Couplings: tensor
pulse-energy, scalar field and electromagnetic field. Linear approximation. Gravitational waves.
(Addison-Wesley 2014/Cambridge University Press, 2019)
- Wald R, ``General Relativity'' (The University of Chicago Press, 1984).
Fruizione: 20402258 TEORIA DELLA RELATIVITA' in Fisica LM-17 FRANCIA DARIO
Programme
Inertia and invariance in Galilean Relativity and Special Relativity. The principle of equivalence.General covariance. Local inertial systems. References to Special Relativity. Noether's theorem. Curvilinear coordinates.
Christoffel symbols. Geodesic. Covariant derivation. Curvature. Geodesic deviation. Well tensor.
Einstein-Hilbert action. Identity of Palatine. Analogies with spin gauge theories 1. Couplings: tensor
pulse-energy, scalar field and electromagnetic field. Linear approximation. Gravitational waves.
Core Documentation
- Carroll S, ``Spacetime and Geometry: An Introduction to General Relativity’'(Addison-Wesley 2014/Cambridge University Press, 2019)
- Wald R, ``General Relativity'' (The University of Chicago Press, 1984).
Type of delivery of the course
lessons take place in the classroom, frontal modeType of evaluation
the exam takes place only in oral form