GRADUATE SCHOOL OF NATURAL AND APPLIED SCIENCES / PHYSICS / FIZ7130 - INTRODUCTION TO KALUZA-KLEIN THEORIES

GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE COURSE

           
Course Code Semester   Course Type   Course Level   Course Language
     
  
Course Title Theoretical Practical ECTS
Turkish Name of the Course
Course Coordinator E Mail
Assistant Staff of the Course E Mail
Course Objective
Brief Content of the Course
Prerequisites

Course Objectives
 
Course Objectives 
1The acqusition of the mathematical skills in topics, such as differential geometry, Cartan’s structure equations, exterior algebra, differential forms and their applications to theories in physics
2The acqusition of some technical skills in scalar-tensor gravity theories, variaitonal principles, equivalent lLgrangians, conformal transformations
3The acqusition of technical skills in the Einstein-Maxwell’s theory in 3+1 spactime dimensions
4The acqusition of technical skills in geodesic equation in 4+1 spacetime dimensions and Kaluza ansatz
5The reudction of 4+1 dimensional gravitational theory to 3+1 spacetime gravity and electromagnetism on a circle.
6The acqusition of skills on the reduction mechanism on different compact manifolds with some conformal scalar fields
7The acqusition of skills on successive reduction of gravitational models on a torus
8The acqusition of skills in higher dimensional cosmological models and Kaluza-Klein ansatz
9The acqusition of general technical skills in the reduction of n+1 dimensional models gauge fields to 3+1 dimensions and unified theories
10The acqusition of technical skills in Lie groups and their geometrical properties
11The acqusition of the theory of Fiber bundles, connection and curvature defined on a frame bundle
 
Course Category
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Mathematics and Basic Sciences
Basic Vocational Courses