Number of hours
- Lectures 6.0
- Projects 0
- Tutorials 6.0
- Internship 0
- Laboratory works 0
ECTS
ECTS 1.0
Goal(s)
- Galilean Transformation : Principle of Galilean Relativity, Electrodynamics and Galilean Relativity.
- Lorentz Transformations : Postulates of relativity, Lorentz Contraction, Time dilation, proper time, Transformation of Particle velocities
- Relativistic Mechanics : Momentum and Energy, Doppler shift, Scattering Kinematics.
- Motion of a Particle in a field.
- Lorentz transformation in 4-dim space-time, Light Cone formalisme.
- Lorentz Boost Transformation, vectors, tensors.
- Four-velocity, Minkowski force.
- Covariant form of electrodynamics : Electromagnetic Field Tensor, Lorentz transformation of E and B, em field of a moving charge, Covariant form of Maxwell’s equations.
- Relativistic equation of motion for Spin.
- Introduction to space-time groups and their representation.
- Introduction to Riemannien Geometry and curved Space time.
Content(s)
Prerequisites
Test
Semester 5 - The exam may be taken in french or in english
Additional Information
Semester 5 - This course is given in english only
Course list
Curriculum->Internationals Cursus->Semester 5