This course provides the essential mathematical foundation for understanding General Relativity (GR). It covers: Special Relativity: Geometry, relativistic particle dynamics, and the classical relativistic field. Differential Geometry: Manifolds, tensor fields, connections, geodesics, metric, curvature. Einsteins Equation: Interaction of geometry and matter, symmetries, and conserved quantities, Lagrangian formalism. Schwarzschild Solution: Black holes, free particle trajectories, and causal structure. The course also introduces Cosmology and the physics of the expanding and accelerating Universe, including: Friedman-Lemaitre-Robertson-Walker (FLRW) model: Cosmological principle, Hubbles law, phenomenology. Cosmological Constant: Examining de Sitter spacetime and relevant cosmological data. Accelerating expansion, inflation, cosmic epochs, dark energy.
ECTS : 5
Language : el