HU Credits: 5

Degree/Cycle: 2nd degree (Master)

Responsible Department: physics

Semester: 1st Semester

Teaching Languages: Hebrew

Campus: E. Safra

Course/Module Coordinator: Tsvi Piran

Coordinator Email: tsvi.piran@mail.huji.ac.il

Coordinator Office Hours: tuesday 11-12

Teaching Staff:
Prof Tsvi Piran
Mr. Doron Grossman

Course/Module description:
This is a basic course in the General theory of relativity

Course/Module aims:
Understanding the basic principles of the special and general theories of relativisy and usage of this principles for solving simple relativistic problems.

Learning outcomes - On successful completion of this module, students should be able to:
To solve basic problems in special and general relativity

Attendance requirements(%):
0

Teaching arrangement and method of instruction: lecture and exercise classes

Course/Module Content:
Short introduction and review of the special theory of relativity.
Basis of differencial geometry.
Einstein equations.
Simple problems in General relativity

Required Reading:
Some chapters from Weinberg -Gravitation and Cosmology

Additional Reading Material:
Misner Thorne and Wheeler - Gravitation
Landau Lifshitz - The classical theory of fields.
Wald - General Relativity

Course/Module evaluation:
End of year written/oral examination 80 %
Presentation 0 %
Participation in Tutorials 0 %
Project work 0 %
Assignments 20 %
Reports 0 %
Research project 0 %
Quizzes 0 %
Other 0 %

Additional information:
Excellent students can take this course as undregraduates in third year after a pre approval of the lecturer.