(for physics Master students and doctoral students only)
Lectures and tutorials (held in Bremen) will be recorded and made
available online. In addition, lecture notes will be distributed. If
requested, an oral exam will be offered. All the related information
(lecture notes, link for the recordings, etc.) will be available here on
eKVV.
Contents:
1. Introduction:
- historical overview
- status of observations
2. Theoretical foundations:
- geodesic equation
- geometry of light bundles
- Fermat's principle
- caustics
- quasi-Newtonian approximation
- examples (Schwarzschild, etc.)
3. Astrophysical applications:
- microlensing
- weak lensing (dark matter, dark energy, cosmic shear)
Contact person: Dr. Dominika Konikowska
Rhythmus | Tag | Uhrzeit | Format / Ort | Zeitraum |
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Studiengang/-angebot | Gültigkeit | Variante | Untergliederung | Status | Sem. | LP | |
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Physik / Master | (Einschreibung bis SoSe 2012) | Modul 54.7 | |||||
Physik / Master | (Einschreibung bis SoSe 2012) | Modul 55.7 | |||||
Physik / Master | (Einschreibung bis SoSe 2012) | Individuelle Ergänzung; Modul 54.7 |