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Advanced Topics of General Relativity and Gravitational Waves (University of Zurich)

Lecturers & Examiners: Prof. Dr. Philippe Jetzer
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Content

Possible content: - General relativistic stellar structure equations (Neutron stars) - Tetrad formalism - Spinors in GR - Klein-Gordon & Dirac eqs. in GR - Thermodynamics of black holes and Hawking radiation - Topics in gravitational waves: GW generation by PN sources, GW from elliptic, hyperbolic binaries - Tests of the equivalence principle

General Information

Language
English
Levels
DR , MSC

Examination

Type
graded semester performance
Registration modalities, date and venue of this performance assessment are specified solely by the UZH.

Course Components

Type Title Time & Place Hours
lecture Advanced Topics of General Relativity and Gravitational Waves (University of Zurich)
**Course at University of Zurich**
No time listed 2 h weekly
exercise Advanced Topics of General Relativity and Gravitational Waves (University of Zurich)
**Course at University of Zurich**
No time listed 1 h weekly

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