Beyond Einstein Gravity A Survey of Gravitational Theories for Cosmology and Astrophysics /

Beyond Einstein's Gravity is a graduate level introduction to extended theories of gravity and cosmology, including variational principles, the weak-field limit, gravitational waves, mathematical tools, exact solutions, as well as cosmological and astrophysical applications. The book provides a...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Capozziello, Salvatore (Autor), Faraoni, Valerio (Autor)
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2011.
Edición:1st ed. 2011.
Colección:Fundamental Theories of Physics, 170
Temas:
Astronomy.
Gravitation.
Mathematics.
Astronomy, Cosmology and Space Sciences.
Classical and Quantum Gravity.
Applications of Mathematics.
Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Extended gravity: a primer
  • 2. Mathematical Tools
  • 3. The landscape beyond Einstein gravity
  • 4. Spherical symmetry
  • 5. Weak-field limit
  • 6. Qualitative analysis and exact solutions in cosmology
  • 7. Cosmology
  • 8. From the early to the present universe
  • A. Physical constants and astrophysical and cosmological parameters
  • B. The Noether symmetry approach to f(R) gravity
  • C. The weak-field limit of metric f(R) gravity
  • References
  • Index.

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