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LECTURE NOTES PHYSIK GENERAL RELATIVITY - MAT...

Einstein's theory of general relativity is still the valid theory of gravity and has been
confirmed by numerous tests and measurements. It is built upon simple principles and relates
the geometry of space-time to its matter-energy content. These lecture notes begin by
introducing the physical principles and by preparing the necessary mathematical tools taken
from differential geometry. Beginning with Einstein's field equations  which are introduced in
two different ways in the lecture  the motion of test particles in a gravitational field is
then discussed  and it is shown how the properties of weak gravitational fields follow from the
field equations. Solutions for compact objects and black holes are derived and discussed as
well as cosmological models. Two applications of general relativity to astrophysics conclude
the lecture notes.

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