1. Accueil
  2. EN
  3. Studying at ULB
  4. Find your course
  5. UE
PHYS-F432

Théorie de la gravitation

academic year
2023-2024

Course teacher(s)

Stéphane DETOURNAY (Coordinator) and Frank FERRARI

ECTS credits

5

Language(s) of instruction

french

Course content

Reminder on special relativity; the Principle of Equivalence; the geometric description of space-time: tensor calculus, covariant derivatives, curvature; the energy-momentum tensor; the Einstein's equations; Applications: the spherically symmetric field, the Schwarzschild's solution, solar system experiments, black holes, introduction to cosmology.

Objectives (and/or specific learning outcomes)

To present the relativistic theory of gravitation and its classic applications.

Prerequisites and Corequisites

Cours ayant celui-ci comme co-requis

Teaching methods and learning activities

Online lectures and problem solving by the students

References, bibliography, and recommended reading

Weinberg, Gravitation and Cosmology; Misner et al., Gravitation; Hawking and Ellis, The large scale structure of space-time; Hartle, Gravity; Price, General Relativity Primer

Course notes

  • Université virtuelle

Other information

Contacts

Adrien Fiorucci (afiorucc@ulb.ac.be)

Campus

Plaine

Evaluation

Method(s) of evaluation

  • Other

Other

First session: personal work and 2 or 3h written exam.

Second session: written or oral exam

Mark calculation method (including weighting of intermediary marks)

First session:

1) Personal work: 50% of the grade; Written exam: 50% of the grade.

Language(s) of evaluation

  • french

Programmes