Academic Training Lecture Regular Programme
Introduction to General Relativity and Black Holes (5/5)
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Europe/Zurich
500/1-001 - Main Auditorium (CERN)
Description
Conceptual foundations of General Relativity (GR). Uniqueness of GR.
Mathematical framework: tensor calculus, Riemannian geometry, connection, 'spin' connection, curvature, Cartan's form calculus. Hilbert-Einstein action, Einstein equations. Weak gravitational fields. Post Newtonian Approximation. Gravitanional Waves. Exact solutions. Killing vectors.
Experimental tests.
Black Holes: extensions of the Schwarzschild solution; Kerr-Newman holes; no-hair theorems; energtics of black holes; the membrane approach; quantum mechanics of black holes; Bekenstein entropy; Hawking temperature; black holes and string theory.