Date | Topic | Lecture notes | Exercises |
10. February 2014 | Einstein-Hilbert action of general relativity, derivation of the Einstein equations, matter tensor. | lecture01.pdf | ex01.pdf |
13. February 2014 | Energy conditions, exotic solutions: wormholes, warp drives. | lecture02.pdf | ex02.pdf |
20. February 2014 | Palatini formalism for the derivation of the Einstein equations. | lecture03.pdf | ex03.pdf |
27. February 2014 | Parameterized post-Newtonian (PPN) formalism and parameters, comparison of theories with observations. | lecture04.pdf | ex04.pdf |
10. March 2014 | Killing vectors and spacetime symmetries. | lecture05.pdf | ex05.pdf |
13. March 2014 | Friedmann and de Sitter cosmologies with different matter types. | lecture06.pdf | ex06.pdf |
3. April 2014 | Gravitational waves in modified theories of gravity. | lecture07.pdf | ex07.pdf |