Schwarzschild Metric and Event Horizon - Lecture 16

Explore a graduate-level lecture on the Schwarzschild metric and event horizon, part of the Warsaw4PhD and GeoPlanet PhD schools' Autumn/Winter 2023-2024 course. Delve into advanced topics in theoretical physics, beginning with a recap of the previous lecture and an in-depth discussion of perihelion precession. Learn about the Poincaré-Lindstedt method and its application to celestial mechanics. Investigate black holes and their event horizons, focusing on the r=2GM surface and radial null geodesics. Examine Kruskal-Szekeres coordinates and their role in understanding the global structure of the Schwarzschild solution. Gain insights into the fascinating world of black holes from lecturer Mikołaj Korzyński of the Center for Theoretical Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, in this comprehensive 1-hour 7-minute presentation.

Summary of the previous lecture
Perihelion precession
Poincaré-Lindstedt method
Perihelion precession
Black holes, event horizon
r=2GM surface
Radial null geodesics and coordinates
Kruskal-Szekeres coordinates
Global structure of the Schwarzschild solution
Black holes