Course Identification

Title:

GR applications for astrophysics

Code:

20231091

Lecturers and Teaching Assistants

Lecturers:

Prof. Kfir Blum, Dr. Barak Zackay, Prof. Boaz Katz

TA's:

N/A

Course Schedule and Location

Year:

2023

Semester:

First Semester

When / Where:

Sunday, 14:15 - 16:00, Weissman, Seminar Rm B

First Lecture:

06/11/2022

End date:

10/02/2023

Field of Study, Course Type and Credit Points

Physical Sciences: Lecture; Elective; Regular; 2.00 points
Chemical Sciences: Lecture; Elective; Regular; 2.00 points

Comments

N/A

Prerequisites

No

Restrictions

Participants:

100

Language of Instruction

English

Attendance and participation

Expected and Recommended

Grade Type

Numerical (out of 100)

Grade Breakdown (in %)

Assignments:

50%

Final:

50%

Evaluation Type

Take-home exam

Scheduled date 1

Date / due date

N/A

Location

N/A

Time

-

Remarks

N/A

Estimated Weekly Independent Workload (in hours)

3

Syllabus

Astrophysical applications of GR, including:

1. Geodesics of the Schwarzschild metric; precession of mercury.

2. Bending of light, and some aspects of gravitational lensing; shadow of a black hole; lensing time-delay.

3. Gravitational radiation, and its experimental detection.

Learning Outcomes

We aim to provide tools that will enable students to follow current observational manifestations of GR-related effects in astrophysics.

Reading List

S. Weinberg, Gravitation and cosmology

Website

N/A