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Lecturer: | Prof. Philippe Jetzer |
Assistants: |
Adrian Boitier (Irchel, Y36 K32) Michael Ebersold (Irchel, Y36 K32) |
Misc: | |
Exam: | 30 min oral, date by arrangement |
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.
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) |