2018 Special Lectures in Physics XVII

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Academic unit or major
Graduate major in Physics
Instructor(s)
Ishibashi Akihiro 
Class Format
Lecture     
Media-enhanced courses
Day/Period(Room No.)
Intensive (大岡山地区)  
Group
-
Course number
PHY.P546
Credits
1
Academic year
2018
Offered quarter
1-2Q
Syllabus updated
2018/5/9
Lecture notes updated
-
Language used
English
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Course description and aims

This lecture is intended to provide the basic concepts of the large scale structure of black hole spacetimes, followed by several mathematical theorems concerning properties of stationary black holes in general relativity. The topics taken up with particular focus are the following:
1. Exact solutions,
2. Spacetime singularity,
3. Topology and symmetry of stationary black holes,
4. Stability of stationary black holes,
5. Black hole mechanics and the uniqueness theorem.
This lecture will cover some of the main theorems given in Chapter 8 and 9 of Hawking and Ellis’s text book with, in particular, providing recent generalizations of some of these theorems to higher dimensions.

Student learning outcomes

This lecture is intended to provide the basic concepts of the large scale structure of black hole spacetimes, followed by several mathematical theorems concerning properties of stationary black holes in general relativity. The topics taken up with particular focus are the following:
1. Exact solutions,
2. Spacetime singularity,
3. Topology and symmetry of stationary black holes,
4. Stability of stationary black holes,
5. Black hole mechanics and the uniqueness theorem.
This lecture will cover some of the main theorems given in Chapter 8 and 9 of Hawking and Ellis’s text book with, in particular, providing recent generalizations of some of these theorems to higher dimensions.

Keywords

The large scale structure of black hole spacetimes

Competencies that will be developed

Specialist skills Intercultural skills Communication skills Critical thinking skills Practical and/or problem-solving skills

Class flow

Blackboard

Course schedule/Required learning

  Course schedule Required learning
Class 1 unfixed: the lecturer will plan it. unfixed: the lecturer will specify it.
Class 2 unfixed: the lecturer will plan it. unfixed: the lecturer will specify it.
Class 3 unfixed: the lecturer will plan it. unfixed: the lecturer will specify it.
Class 4 unfixed: the lecturer will plan it. unfixed: the lecturer will specify it.
Class 5 unfixed: the lecturer will plan it. unfixed: the lecturer will specify it.
Class 6 unfixed: the lecturer will plan it. unfixed: the lecturer will specify it.
Class 7 unfixed: the lecturer will plan it. unfixed: the lecturer will specify it.
Class 8 unfixed: the lecturer will plan it. unfixed: the lecturer will specify it.

Textbook(s)

unfixed: the lecturer will specify it.

Reference books, course materials, etc.

unfixed: the lecturer will specify it.

Assessment criteria and methods

unfixed: the lecturer will define the criteria.

Related courses

  • PHY.F353 : General Relativity

Prerequisites (i.e., required knowledge, skills, courses, etc.)

unfixed: the lecturer will specify it.

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