Beyond Einstein Gravity

A Survey of Gravitational Theories for Cosmology and Astrophysics

Salvatore Capozziello, Valerio Faraoni (Autoren)

Buch | Softcover

428 Seiten

2013
Springer (Verlag)
978-94-007-3402-9 (ISBN)

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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 critical overview of the research in this area and unifies the existing literature using a consistent notation. Although the results apply in principle to all alternative gravities, a special emphasis is on scalar-tensor and f(R) theories. They were studied by theoretical physicists from early on, and in the 1980s they appeared in attempts to renormalize General Relativity and in models of the early universe. Recently, these theories have seen a new lease of life, in both their metric and metric-affine versions, as models of the present acceleration of the universe without introducing the mysterious and exotic dark energy. The dark matter problem can also be addressed in extended gravity. These applications are contributing to a deeper understanding of the gravitational interaction from both the theoretical and the experimental point of view. An extensive bibliography guides the reader into more detailed literature on particular topics.

Valerio Faraoni received a PhD in Astrophysics at the International School for Advanced Studies in Trieste, Italy. He is known for his research on alternative theories of gravity, cosmology, and gravitational waves. He is currently Associate Professor at Bishop's University in Sherbrooke, Canada. Salvatore Capozziello graduated in Physics at University of Rome "La Sapienza" and received a PhD in Theoretical Physics at University of Naples "Federico II", Italy. He is the author of almost 300 hundred papers and monographs including theory of gravity, gravitational waves, theoretical and observational cosmology. He is currently Associate Professor at the University of Naples "Federico II", Italy.

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.

Reihe/Serie	Fundamental Theories of Physics ; 170
Zusatzinfo	XIX, 428 p.
Verlagsort	Dordrecht
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 235 mm
Themenwelt	Mathematik / Informatik ► Mathematik ► Angewandte Mathematik
	Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Astronomie / Astrophysik
	Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Relativitätstheorie
Schlagworte	Accelerating Universe • Alternative Gravitation Theories • Alternative Gravitation Theory • Alternative gravity theories • Alternative gravity theory • Astrophysical Applications • Beyond Einstein • Controversies on Gravitation • Controversies on Gravity • Cosmological Inflation • Cosmology • Cosmology Book • dark energy • Dark Matter • Extended Cosmology • f(R) Theory • f(R)-Type Gravitation Theories • f(R)-Type Gravity Theories • General relativity • Gravitation Controversy • Gravity Controversy • Modified Gravitation • modified gravity • Quantum Fields on Curved Spaces • theory of gravitation • Theory of Gravity • Variational Principles • Weak Field Limit
ISBN-10	94-007-3402-6 / 9400734026
ISBN-13	978-94-007-3402-9 / 9789400734029
Zustand	Neuware