[ Bern
University |
Albert Einstein Center for Fundamental Physics |
Institute for Theoretical Physics |
Gravity and String Theory Group]
Albert Einstein Center for Fundamental Physics
Gravity and String Theory Group
Welcome to the homepage of Matthias Blau
Research Interests
My research interests include, in general,
- String Theory and Quantum Gravity
- General Relativity
- Topological Field Theory
- Geometrical and Topological Aspects of QFT
and more recently, and specifically,
- Plane Waves and Penrose Limits in Supergravity and String
Theory
- Singularities and Time-dependent Backgrounds in Quantum Gravity
- Geometry of Schrödinger Space-Times and Holography
Publications and Lecture Notes
If you want to know more about this, take a look at my
and/or at the recent review article
I have written lecture notes on a variety of different topics over the
years. Since some of them appear to be quite popular (in particular the lecture notes on
General Relativity) I am making them available again:
Bachelor and Master Projects
If you are interested in writing your Bachelor or Master Thesis under my supervision, just get in touch with me.
Here is a list of some recent
Teaching
Current semester (Spring 2013):
-
Bachelor Course: Klassische Feldtheorie (in German)
-
PhD/Graduate Course: Introduction to the Calculus of Differential Forms & Applications (in English)
- Thursday 14h15-16h30, Room B1
- Starting Date: April 18th
- Duration: ca. 6 weeks
Past:
Future:
- Autumn 2013
-
Master Course: General Relativity (in English)
- PhD/Graduate Course: Introduction to Quantum Field Theory in Curved Space-Time (in English)
- Spring 2014
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Bachelor Course: Klassische Feldtheorie (in German)