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Termodynamika černých děr. Entropie a informace.
Liška, Marek ; Acquaviva, Giovanni (advisor) ; Scholtz, Martin (referee)
The aim of the thesis is to provide a review of black hole thermodynamics and its relation with concepts of entropy and physical information. We start by deriving the four laws of black hole thermodynamics in the context of classical general relativity. To supplement this, we use semiclassical limit of quantum mechanics to show that black holes radiate and have non-zero thermodynamic temperature. In the second part of the thesis we describe the concepts of the Shannon and von Neumann entropy and of physical information. Lastly, we discuss the use of these concepts in the context of black hole mechanics. 1
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Kinematics of particle collisions in the ergosphere of Kerr black hole
Skoupý, Viktor ; Ledvinka, Tomáš (advisor) ; Žofka, Martin (referee)
In the thesis we deal with an effect which can be used to extract energy from a rotating black hole, so-called collisional Penrose process. First we investigate the ways to find the equations of motion in the general relativity using Hamilto- nian. Then we examine the equations of motion and their consequences in several coordinate systems for the space-time in the vicinity of a rotating black hole. Fi- nally we look into ways to create a particle capable to escape to infinity with as big energy as possible using Compton scattering and annihilation. The biggest energy found is approximately 14 times the energy of the incoming particles. The efficiency decreases with the distance from the horizon and with the decreasing specific angular momentum of the black hole. 1
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Probabilistic Spacetimes
Káninský, Jakub ; Svítek, Otakar (advisor) ; Žofka, Martin (referee)
Probabilistic Spacetime is a simple generalization of the classical model of spa- cetime in General Relativity, such that it allows to consider multiple metric field realizations endowed with probabilities. The motivation for such a generalization is a possible application in the context of some quantum gravity approaches, na- mely those using the path integral. It is argued that this model might be used to restrict the precision of the geometry on small scales without postulating discrete structure; or it may be used as an effective description of a probabilistic geometry resulting from a full-fledged quantum gravity computation.
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Gravitational collapse of scalar field
Šípka, Martin ; Ledvinka, Tomáš (advisor) ; Scholtz, Martin (referee)
In this thesis we study a critical collapse of a scalar field. We follow the work of [1] and create detailed and easy to understand figures and images describing the results and the phenomena observed during our calculations. We also try to give a detailed look at numerical methods used along with two ways of convergence testing. 1
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Exact spacetimes in modified theories of gravity
Karamazov, Michal ; Švarc, Robert (advisor) ; Podolský, Jiří (referee)
In the review part of the thesis we summarize various modified theories of gravity, especially those that are characterized by additional curvature invariants in the Lagrangian density. Further, we review non-twisting geometries, especially their Kundt subclass. Finally, from the principle of least action we derive field equations for the case with the Lagrangian density corresponding to an arbitrary function of the curvature invariants. In the original part of the thesis we explicitly express particular components of the field equations for non-gyratonic Kundt geometry in generic quadratic gravity in arbitrary dimension. Then we discuss how this, in general fourth order, field equations restrict the Kundt metric in selected geome- trically privileged situations. We also analyse the special case of Gauss-Bonnet theory. 1
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Investigation of chaotic dynamical systems using the methods of Riemannian geometry
Matejov, Dávid ; Scholtz, Martin (advisor) ; Ledvinka, Tomáš (referee)
In this thesis we investigate a chaos in dynamical systems described by the Hamilton function using a new geometric method. At first, necessary definitions and terms are introduced, like dynamical systems, Lyapunov ex- ponents and Poncaré sections. Subsequently we deal with the new geometric method (Horowitz et al., 2007), which predicts the stability of a system un- der consideration. An extensive part is devoted to the general relativity and spinor formalism, the Newman-Penrose formalism and the theory of optical scalars. In the computational part of the thesis, we investigate the pp-waves and chaotic behaviour of geodesics in this class of space-times. All calcula- tions are done in the Python programming language, so we the chapter on numerical calculations is included. 1
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Algebraically special spacetimes - geometrical properties
Kuchynka, Martin ; Pravdová, Alena (advisor) ; Švarc, Robert (referee)
In the thesis, we set out to study a certain class of algebraically special spacetimes in arbitrary dimension. These are the so-called spacetimes of Weyl and traceless Ricci type N. Our work can be divided into two parts. In the first part, we study general geometrical properties of spacetimes under consideration. In particular, we are interested in various properties of aligned null directions - certain significant null directions associated with algebraic structure of the Weyl and the Ricci tensor. Since the obtained results are of geometric nature, they are theory-independent and thus hold in Einstein's gravity as well as in its various generalizations. In the second part of our work, we apply these general results in the Einstein-Maxwell p-form theory, within which spacetimes of traceless Ricci type N emerge naturally as a part of a solution of the Einstein-Maxwell equations with a null Maxwell field. Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)
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Astrophysical processes near a galactic centre
Hamerský, Jaroslav ; Karas, Vladimír (advisor) ; Kulhánek, Petr (referee) ; Janiuk, Agnieszka (referee)
An accretion torus is an important astrophysical phenomenon which is be- lieved to account for various features of mass inflow and release of radiation on diverse scales near stellar-mass as well as supermassive black holes. When the stationary torus is perturbed it starts to oscillate and once some part of the torus overflows the closed equipotential surface, defined by the stationary solution, this material is accreted or ejected. These oscillations reveal both spacetime properties and the intrinsic characteristics of the torus model. We study the oscillation and accretion properties of geometrically thick accretion tori using general relativistic magnetohydrodynamic simulations. Assuming axial symmetry these simulations are restricted to 2-D approximation. We discuss the impact of the presence of the large scale magnetic field and the profile of the specific angular momentum on the oscillation properties and on the accretion flow motion. 1
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Geodetic structure of multi-black-hole spacetimes
Ryzner, Jiří ; Žofka, Martin (advisor) ; Svítek, Otakar (referee)
V klasické fyzice m·že být ustavena statická rovnováha v soustavě nabitých hmotných bod·, jsou-li poměry náboje a hmotnosti každého hmotného bodu stejné. Udivujícím faktem je, že tato situace m·že nastat i pro černé díry v relativistické fyzice. Obecný případ takovéhoto systému poprvé popsali Majumdar a Papapetrou nezávisle na sobě v roce 1947. Tato práce se zabývá jeho speciálním případem obsahujícím dvě nabité černé díry, zkoumá elektrogeodetiky v tomto prostoročasu a srovnává je se situací v klasické fyzice. Dále též shrnujeme situaci v případě nestatického vesmíru, kterou popsali Kastor a Traschenová v roce 1992, a tuto geometrii srovnáváme se statickou verzí. 1
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Possibilities of teaching/learning general relativity at elementary level
Ryston, Matěj ; Dvořák, Leoš (advisor) ; Žák, Vojtěch (referee)
This thesis deals with an elementary introduction to general relativity on a level understandable by secondary school students and graduates. It contains a review of available literature including its approach to the introductory level of relativity, a study text covering the necessary parts of classical mechanics, special relativity and subsequently basic ideas and conclusions of general relativity. A didactical analysis of the study text is also part of the thesis. The text presumes only basic knowledge of secondary school physics (mostly mechanics), therefore it is suitable for a wide range of readers amongst secondary school students and graduates. It can also be useful as a study material for secondary school teachers, who wish to enrich their teaching with more modern chapters of physics.
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