Valerio Faraoni

Cosmology in Scalar-Tensor Gravity

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Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Fundamental Theories of Physics 139
• Verlag: Springer / Springer Netherlands
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-90-481-6564-3
• Seitenzahl: 292
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. März 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 155mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 447g
• ISBN-13: 9789048165643
• ISBN-10: 9048165644
• Artikelnr.: 32107801

Autorenporträt

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.

Inhaltsangabe

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.

Rezensionen

From the reviews:

"The book is devoted to some class of gravitational theories which are alternatives to Einstein's general relativity. ... The book is fairly complete on its themes. The list of references has 925 entries; many citations are of the years 2000-2003. The book is both, a useful survey and a contribution to current discussions." (Rainer Schimming, Zentralblatt MATH, Vol. 1057 (8), 2005)

"The main topic of this book is to give an overview about such generalized scalar-tensor theories which represent gravitation ... . The list of 925 references presents a well-balanced source for research in this field. ... Finally, let me say, that the present book ... is recommended to research libraries ... ." (Hans Jürgen Schmidt, General Relativity and Gravitation, Vol. 37 (8), 2005)