Cosmology in Scalar-Tensor Gravity
Springer (Verlag)
978-90-481-6564-3 (ISBN)
-Scalar-tensor gravity and its limit to general relativity,
-Effective energy-momentum tensors and conformal frames,
-Gravitational waves in scalar-tensor cosmology,
-Specific scalar-tensor theories,
-Exact cosmological solutions and cosmological perturbations,
-Scalar-tensor scenarios of the early universe and inflation,
-Scalar-tensor models of quintessence in the present universe and their far-reaching consequences for the ultimate fate of the cosmos.
1. Scalar-Tensor Gravity.- 1 Introduction.- 2 Brans-Dicke theory.- 3 Brans-Dicke cosmology in the Jordan frame.- 4 The limit to general relativity.- 5 Relation to Kaluza-Klein theory.- 6 Brans-Dicke theory from Lyra’s geometry.- 7 Scalar-tensor theories.- 8 Motivations for scalar-tensor theories.- 9 Induced gravity.- 10 Generalized scalar-tensor theories.- 11 Conformal transformation techniques.- 12 Singularities of the gravitational coupling.- 2. Effective Energy-Momentum Tensors and Conformal Frames.- 1 The issue of the conformal frame.- 2 Effective energy-momentum tensors.- 3. Gravitational Waves.- 1 Introduction.- 2 Einstein frame scalar-tensor waves.- 3 Gravitational lensing by scalar-tensor gravitational waves.- 4. Exact Solutions of Scalar-Tensor Cosmology.- 1 Introduction.- 2 Exact solutions of Brans-Dicke cosmology.- 2.2 K = ±1 solutions and phase space for V = 0.- 2.3 Phase space for any K and V = m2ø2/2.- 2.4 Bianchi models.- 3 Exact solutions of scalar-tensor theories.- 5. The Early Universe.- 1 Introduction.- 2 Extended inflation.- 3 Hyperextended inflation.- 4 Real inflation?.- 5 Constraints from primordial nucleosynthesis.- 6. Perturbations.- 1 Introduction.- 2 Scalar perturbations.- 3 Tensor perturbations.- 7. Nonminimal Coupling.- 1 Introduction.- 2 Effective energy-momentum tensors.- 3 Conformal transformations.- 4 Inflation and ? 0: the unperturbed universe.- 5 The slow-roll regime of generalized inflation.- 6 Inflation and ? 0: perturbations.- 7 Conclusion.- 8. The Present Universe.- 1 Present acceleration of the universe and quintessence.- 2 Quintessence with nonminimal coupling.- 3 Superquintessence.- 4 Quintessence in scalar-tensor gravity.- 5 Conclusion.- References.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 14.3.2012 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Fundamental Theories of Physics ; 139 |
| Zusatzinfo | 1 Illustrations, black and white; XIII, 274 p. 1 illus. |
| Verlagsort | Dordrecht |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 155 x 235 mm |
| Themenwelt | Mathematik / Informatik ► Mathematik |
| Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Astronomie / Astrophysik | |
| Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Relativitätstheorie | |
| Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Theoretische Physik | |
| ISBN-10 | 90-481-6564-4 / 9048165644 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-90-481-6564-3 / 9789048165643 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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