| Academic Year |
2025Year |
School/Graduate School |
School of Science |
| Lecture Code |
HX336201 |
Subject Classification |
Specialized Education |
| Subject Name |
物理学特別講義（一般相対性理論） |
Subject Name
（Katakana） |
ブツリガクトクベツコウギ |
Subject Name in
English |
Special Lectures in Physics (General Relativity) |
| Instructor |
NISHIZAWA ATSUSHI |
Instructor
(Katakana) |
ニシザワ アツシ |
| Campus |
Higashi-Hiroshima |
Semester/Term |
3rd-Year, Second Semester, Second Semester |
| Days, Periods, and Classrooms |
(2nd) Thur9-10：SCI E209 |
| Lesson Style |
Lecture |
Lesson Style
(More Details) |
Face-to-face |
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| Credits |
2.0 |
Class Hours/Week |
2 |
Language of Instruction |
J
:
Japanese |
| Course Level |
3
:
Undergraduate High-Intermediate
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| Course Area（Area） |
25
:
Science and Technology |
| Course Area（Discipline） |
06
:
Physics |
| Eligible Students |
physics, 3rd - 4th grade |
| Keywords |
General Relativity, Riemannian Geometry, Einstein's equation, Black Holes, Cosmology, Gravitational Waves |
| Special Subject for Teacher Education |
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Special Subject |
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Class Status
within Educational
Program
(Applicable only to targeted subjects for undergraduate students) | |
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Criterion referenced
Evaluation
(Applicable only to targeted subjects for undergraduate students) | |
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Class Objectives
/Class Outline |
Learning the concepts of General Relativity and understanding the modern perspectives on gravity. |
| Class Schedule |
lesson1: Relativistic principle
lesson2: Curved spacetime & Riemannian geometry
lesson3: Parallel transport & Covariant derivative
lesson4: Connection of spacetime & Curvature tensor
lesson5: Geodesic equation, Energy momentum tensor
lesson6: Einstein's equation
lesson7: Black holes (1)
lesson8: Black holes (2)
lesson9: Particle motion in spherically symmetric spacetime
lesson10: Cosmology (1)
lesson11: Cosmology (2)
lesson12: Gravitational waves (1)
lesson13: Gravitational waves (2)
lesson14: Experimental tests of general relativity
lesson15: Summary & Prospect
Final report |
Text/Reference
Books,etc. |
References:
佐藤勝彦 / 相対性理論 (岩波基礎物理シリーズ) (Japanese only)、須藤靖 / 一般相対性理論 [改訂版] (日本評論社) (Japanese only)、佐々木節 / 一般相対論 (産業図書) (Japanese only)、Landau & Lifshitz / The Classical Theory of Fields (Butterworth-Heinemann) |
PC or AV used in
Class,etc. |
Handouts, Visual Materials |
| (More Details) |
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| Learning techniques to be incorporated |
Post-class Report |
Suggestions on
Preparation and
Review |
Let’s solve the problems given in each class. It’s important to try solving them by yourself. |
| Requirements |
It assumes knowledge of relativity (special relativity) from the third-year course. |
| Grading Method |
Evaluation of the final report. |
| Practical Experience |
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| Summary of Practical Experience and Class Contents based on it |
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| Message |
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| Other |
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Please fill in the class improvement questionnaire which is carried out on all classes.
Instructors will reflect on your feedback and utilize the information for improving their teaching. |