Cosmology in Scalar-Tensor Gravity
Valerio Faraoni, "Cosmology in Scalar-Tensor Gravity"
English | 2004 | ISBN: 1402019882 | DJVU | pages: 274 | 2.5 mb
English | 2004 | ISBN: 1402019882 | DJVU | pages: 274 | 2.5 mb
Cosmology in Scalar-Tensor Gravity covers all aspects of cosmology in scalar-tensor theories of gravity. Considerable progress has been made in this exciting area of physics and this book is the first to provide a critical overview of the research. Among the topics treated are:
-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.