Beyond Einstein Gravity
Capozziello, Salvatore; Faraoni, Valerio
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Description for Beyond Einstein Gravity
Paperback. This graduate level introduction explores the extended theories of gravity and cosmology, including variational principles, the weak-field limit, gravitational waves, and more. Complete with a consistent notation and rich references, the text unifies the existing literature in this area. Series: Fundamental Theories of Physics. Num Pages: 447 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PBW; PGC; PHDV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 627.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Number of pages
447
Condition
New
Series
Fundamental Theories of Physics
Number of Pages
428
Place of Publication
Dordrecht, Netherlands
ISBN
9789400734029
SKU
V9789400734029
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About Capozziello, Salvatore; Faraoni, Valerio
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 ... Read more
Reviews for Beyond Einstein Gravity
From the reviews: “This monograph covers almost all extended theories of gravity which are under current discussion and their application to cosmology. It is a useful guide through the literature on these topics, and the reference list covers as many as 1180 items, mainly from the recent ten years. The authors themselves are active researchers in this field, and ... Read more