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 crit...
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| Autors principals: | , |
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| Format: | Livre numérique |
| Idioma: | Anglais |
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Dordrecht :
Springer Netherlands
2011.
Cham : Springer Nature |
| Col·lecció: | Fundamental Theories of Physics
170 |
| Accés en línia: | Accès sur la plateforme de l'éditeur Accès sur la plateforme Istex Accès Université d'Orléans Accès INSA CVL |
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| Edition sous un autre format: | • Beyond Einstein Gravity, Texte imprimé, 9789400734029 • Beyond Einstein Gravity, Texte imprimé, 9789400701663 • Beyond Einstein gravity, a survey of gravitational theories for cosmology and astrophysics, Salvatore Capozziello, Valerio Faraoni, Dordrecht, Springer, 2011, 1 vol. (XIX-428 p.), Fundamental theories of physics, 978-94-007-0164-9 |
Taula de continguts:
- 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.