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General relativity and gravitation  

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Special Theory of Relativity: Minkowski spacetime, Lorentz transformations, accelerated observers. Einstein’s Equivalence Principle. Tensor calculus. Manifolds and tensor fields. Affine and metric geometry: conncection, parallel transport, metric, geodesics, curvature. Energy-momentum tensor. Einstein's equations. Newtonian limit. Tests of General Relativity. Schwarzschild's geometry, black holes, hydrostatic equilibrium of stars. Cosmology: Friedmann's equations. accelerated expansion, dark energy, dark matter. Gravitational waves.

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General relativity and gravitation
English

UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE

Faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation

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