FB071 Gravity seminar

Faculty of Science
Autumn 2008
Extent and Intensity
0/1/0. 1 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Pavel Klepáč, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
prof. RNDr. Jan Novotný, CSc. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
doc. RNDr. Zdeněk Bochníček, Dr.
Department of Plasma Physics and Technology – Physics Section – Faculty of Science
Contact Person: prof. RNDr. Jan Novotný, CSc.
Timetable
Wed 14:00–14:50 Fs2 6/4003
Prerequisites
For all students and teachers interesting in the field given above.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
This seminar informs the participants on present problems of relativity and gravity. Lecturers are the teachers, Ph.D.students and students and also the guests from our and foreign univesities. The principal aim of the seminar is allow the people actively working in the field of relativity and gravitation to present their preliminary results to the qualified and critical audience; inform the participants on the new trends in the research of relativity and gravitation
Syllabus
  • Izotropic inehomogeneous cosmologies
  • Cylindrically symmetric solutions of Einstein equations
  • Relativistic hamiltonians
  • Active galaktical cores
  • Great persons of relativistic physics: L. D. Landau, J. A. Wheeler
Literature
  • MISNER, Charles W., Kip S. THORNE and John Archibald WHEELER. Gravitation. San Francisco: W.H. Freeman, 1973, xxvi, 1279. ISBN 0-7167-0344-0. info
Assessment methods
Classical seminar of active students with teachers. Lectures are connected with discussion, no home exercises, credit for adequate participation
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2007 - for the purpose of the accreditation, Autumn 1999, Spring 2000, Autumn 2000, Autumn 2001, Autumn 2002, Autumn 2003, Autumn 2004, Autumn 2005, Autumn 2006, Autumn 2007.
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