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[ 461WTPHRTHV16 ] VL Relativistic Theory

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Es ist eine neuere Version 2023W dieser LV im Curriculum Master's programme Physics 2023W vorhanden.
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3 ECTS M2 - Master's programme 2. year Physics Thomas Renger 2 hpw Johannes Kepler University Linz
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Original study plan Master's programme Technical Physics 2016W
Objectives Understanding of basic concepts of the special and general theory of relativity

Understanding the theoretical concepts for the description of relativistic quantum effects and of many particle quantum effects of bosonic systems

Subject Special theory of relativity: moving refererence system, Doppler effect and Galilei transformation, Michelson-Morley experiment, Lorentz transformation, relativistic invariant formulation of mechanics, electrodynamics, and quantum mechanics, energy momentum tensor for waves (and coupled mechanical electrodynamical systems)

General theory of relativity: theory (almost) without math, experiments, postulates (equivalence principle, principle of covariance), models, geometry and metrics in 3D, metric tensors: Riemann, Ricci, Christoffel symbols, Einstein field equations in vacuo, measuring time and distance and principle of covariance, Einstein field equations in matter, Schwarzschild metrics

Quantum Theory of many-boson systems, especially the radiation field; Entanglement; Interaction of radiation with matter (absorption, emission, scattering); the Lamb shift; Relativistic quantum theory, especially the Dirac equation.

Criteria for evaluation will be announced in the lecture
Language (*)Deutsch (auf Wunsch Englisch)
Study material will be announced in the lecture
Changing subject? No
On-site course
Maximum number of participants -
Assignment procedure Direct assignment