The scalar-tensor theory of gravitation /
A pedagogical overview of the theoretical ideas behind the cosmological constant problem, in particular the scalar-tensor theory, which is one of the most popular alternative theories of gravitation. Covering recent developments in the field, including branes and quintessence, it will be an invaluab...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge, UK ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2003.
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Colección: | Cambridge monographs on mathematical physics.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Prototype Brans-Dicke model
- Conformal transformation
- Cosmology with lambda
- Models of an accelerating universe
- Quantum effects.