00883 - Relativity

Teacher Fiorenzo Bastianelli
Credits 6
SSD FIS/02
Teaching Mode Traditional lectures
Language English
Campus of Bologna
Degree Programme Second cycle degree programme (LM) in Astrophysics and cosmology (cod. 8018)

Also valid for Second cycle degree programme (LM) in Astrophysics and Cosmology (cod. 5828)
Teaching resources on Virtuale
Course Timetable from Feb 21, 2022 to May 31, 2022

This teaching activity contributes to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals of the UN 2030 Agenda.

Academic Year 2021/2022

1. Priniciples of special relativity and Lorentz transformations

2. Minkowski spacetime

3. Relativistic dynamics

4. Maxwell's equations in covariant form

5. Equivalence principle and physical foundations of general relativity

6. Curved spaces, Riemannian manifolds, geomety of space-time

7. Dynamics in a gravitational field, Einstein's equations

8. Experimental evidences and applications of general relativity

9. Elements of black hole theory

Lecture notes

S. Weinberg, Gravitation and Cosmology, Wiley, New York, 1972

H. Ohanian and R. Ruffini: Gravitation and Spacetime, CUP, 2013

Blackboard lectures

Oral exam