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  • Department of Physics
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  • Theories of Gravitation
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Course Introduction Information

Code - Course Title FİZ655 - Theories of Gravitation
Course Type Elective Courses
Language of Instruction Türkçe
Laboratory + Practice 3+0
ECTS 7.5
Course Instructor(s) PROFESÖR DOKTOR HAKAN CEBECİ
Mode of Delivery Face to face
Prerequisites No prerquisites
Courses Recomended Diferantial geometry
Recommended Reading List R. M. Wald , General relativity I. M. Benn , R. W. Tucker , An introduction to spinors and geometry with applications in physicsM. Nakahara , Geometry , topology and physics W. Thirring , Classical mathematical physics
Assessment methods and criteria Midterm exam and final exam
Work Placement
Sustainability Development Goals

Content

Weeks Topics
Week - 1 Geometry of gravity theories
Week - 2 Differentiable manifolds, tensors and differential forms
Week - 3 Lie derivatives
Week - 4 Riemannian and semi-riemannian geometries , spacetime metrics and connection structures
Week - 5 Orthonormal metric coframes , connection 1-form , curvature 2-form and Cartan structure equations
Week - 6 Theory of general relativity
Week - 7 Black hole solutions of general relativity
Week - 8 Charged black hole solutions in general relativity theory
Week - 9 Scalar-tensor theories of gravity
Week - 10 Variational principle and field equations
Week - 11 Einstein-Dirac action and spinor field equations in curved spacetime
Week - 12 Higher order curvature gravity theories
Week - 13 Noether-Wald charges
Week - 14 Kaluza-Klein theory

Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

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  • Lecture
  • Discussion
  • Question & Answer
  • Problem Solving
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  • Productive
  • Effective use of Turkish
  • Effective use of a foreign language
  • Abstract analysis and synthesis
  • Problem solving
  • Information Management
  • To work autonomously
  • Elementary computing skills

Assessment Methods

Assessment Method and Passing Requirements
Quamtity Percentage (%)
1.Midterm Exam 1 30
2.Midterm Exam 1 30
Final Exam 1 40
Toplam (%) 100
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