| Course Name | Theory of General Relativity |
| Code | Semester | Theory (hour/week) | Application/Lab (hour/week) | Local Credits | ECTS |
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| PHYS 424 | Fall/Spring | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| Prerequisites | None | |||||
| Course Language | English | |||||
| Course Type | Elective | |||||
| Course Level | First Cycle | |||||
| Mode of Delivery | face to face | |||||
| Teaching Methods and Techniques of the Course | Problem SolvingQ&ALecture / Presentation | |||||
| Course Coordinator | - | |||||
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| Course Objectives | The main objective of this course is to provide an introduction to the general theory of relativity, which explains the emergence of gravity as a geometrical consequence of the curvature of space and time, and its applications. |
| Learning Outcomes | The students who succeeded in this course;
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| Course Description | The discussions in this course will involve the topics of fundamental importance to the theory of gravitation. After developing the bases of the tensor formalism, Einstein’s field equation will be introduced, and the Schwarzschild solution to the field equations will be obtained. Observational proofs of the theory will be presented, and two important consequences of the theory will be investigated, namely, black holes and gravitational waves. Elaborations will be made on quantum gravity and cosmology. |
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| Core Courses | |
| Major Area Courses | X | |
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| Transferable Skill Courses |
| Week | Subjects | Required Materials |
| 1 | Review of special relativity | Ray d’Inverno, Introducing Einstein's Relativity (Oxford University Press, New York, 1998). Chapter 2-3. ISBN: 9780198596868 |
| 2 | Review of special relativity | Ray d’Inverno, Introducing Einstein's Relativity (Oxford University Press, New York, 1998). Chapter 4. ISBN: 9780198596868 |
| 3 | Tensor formalism | Ray d’Inverno, Introducing Einstein's Relativity (Oxford University Press, New York, 1998). Chapter 5-6. ISBN: 9780198596868 |
| 4 | The principle of equivalence | Ray d’Inverno, Introducing Einstein's Relativity (Oxford University Press, New York, 1998). Chapter 8-9. ISBN: 9780198596868 |
| 5 | Field equations in general relativity | Ray d’Inverno, Introducing Einstein's Relativity (Oxford University Press, New York, 1998). Chapter 10-11. ISBN: 9780198596868 |
| 6 | Einstein’s field equations | Ray d’Inverno, Introducing Einstein's Relativity (Oxford University Press, New York, 1998). Chapter 12-13. ISBN: 9780198596868 |
| 7 | 10 December Midterm 1/Project 1 Presentations | |
| 8 | The Schwarzschild solution | Ray d’Inverno, Introducing Einstein's Relativity (Oxford University Press, New York, 1998). Chapter 14. ISBN: 9780198596868 |
| 9 | Solar system tests of general relativity | Ray d’Inverno, Introducing Einstein's Relativity (Oxford University Press, New York, 1998). Chapter 15. ISBN: 9780198596868 |
| 10 | Black holes, Charged and rotating black holes | Ray d’Inverno, Introducing Einstein's Relativity (Oxford University Press, New York, 1998). Chapter 16, Chapter 18-19. ISBN: 9780198596868 |
| 11 | 24 December Projects 2 Presentations | |
| 12 | Gravitational waves | Ray d’Inverno, Introducing Einstein's Relativity (Oxford University Press, New York, 1998). Chapter 20-21. ISBN: 9780198596868 |
| 13 | Relativistic cosmology | Ray d’Inverno, Introducing Einstein's Relativity (Oxford University Press, New York, 1998). Chapter 22. ISBN: 9780198596868 |
| 14 | Cosmological models | Ray d’Inverno, Introducing Einstein's Relativity (Oxford University Press, New York, 1998). Chapter 23. ISBN: 9780198596868 |
| 15 | 14 January Projects 3 Presentations | |
| 16 | Final exam |
| Course Notes/Textbooks | Ray d’Inverno, Introducing Einstein's Relativity (Oxford University Press, New York, 1998). ISBN: 9780198596868 |
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| Semester Activities | Number | Weigthing |
| Participation | ||
| Laboratory / Application | ||
| Field Work | ||
| Quizzes / Studio Critiques | ||
| Portfolio | ||
| Homework / Assignments | ||
| Presentation / Jury | ||
| Project | 3 | 60 |
| Seminar / Workshop | ||
| Oral Exam | ||
| Midterm | ||
| Final Exam | 1 | 40 |
| Total |
| Weighting of Semester Activities on the Final Grade | 3 | 60 |
| Weighting of End-of-Semester Activities on the Final Grade | 1 | 40 |
| Total |
| Semester Activities | Number | Duration (Hours) | Workload |
|---|---|---|---|
| Course Hours (Including exam week: 16 x total hours) | 16 | 2 | 32 |
| Laboratory / Application Hours (Including exam week: 16 x total hours) | 16 | 2 | |
| Study Hours Out of Class | 14 | 3 | 42 |
| Field Work | |||
| Quizzes / Studio Critiques | |||
| Portfolio | |||
| Homework / Assignments | |||
| Presentation / Jury | |||
| Project | 3 | 7 | |
| Seminar / Workshop | |||
| Oral Exam | |||
| Midterms | |||
| Final Exams | 1 | 23 | |
| Total | 150 |
| # | Program Competencies/Outcomes | * Contribution Level | ||||
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||
| 1 | To be able master and use fundamental phenomenological and applied physical laws and applications, | X | ||||
| 2 | To be able to identify the problems, analyze them and produce solutions based on scientific method, | X | ||||
| 3 | To be able to collect necessary knowledge, able to model and self-improve in almost any area where physics is applicable and able to criticize and reestablish his/her developed models and solutions, | X | ||||
| 4 | To be able to communicate his/her theoretical and technical knowledge both in detail to the experts and in a simple and understandable manner to the non-experts comfortably, | X | ||||
| 5 | To be familiar with software used in area of physics extensively and able to actively use at least one of the advanced level programs in European Computer Usage License, | |||||
| 6 | To be able to develop and apply projects in accordance with sensitivities of society and behave according to societies, scientific and ethical values in every stage of the project that he/she is part in, | |||||
| 7 | To be able to evaluate every all stages effectively bestowed with universal knowledge and consciousness and has the necessary consciousness in the subject of quality governance, | |||||
| 8 | To be able to master abstract ideas, to be able to connect with concreate events and carry out solutions, devising experiments and collecting data, to be able to analyze and comment the results, | |||||
| 9 | To be able to refresh his/her gained knowledge and capabilities lifelong, have the consciousness to learn in his/her whole life, | |||||
| 10 | To be able to conduct a study both solo and in a group, to be effective actively in every all stages of independent study, join in decision making stage, able to plan and conduct using time effectively. | |||||
| 11 | To be able to collect data in the areas of Physics and communicate with colleagues in a foreign language ("European Language Portfolio Global Scale", Level B1). | |||||
| 12 | To be able to speak a second foreign at a medium level of fluency efficiently | |||||
| 13 | To be able to relate the knowledge accumulated throughout the human history to their field of expertise. | |||||
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