Modifications of Einstein's Theory of Gravity at Large Distances

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Papantonopoulos, Eleftherios (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Series: Lecture Notes in Physics, 892
• Subjects: Physics.; Mathematical physics.; Gravitation.; Cosmology.; Classical and Quantum Gravitation, Relativity Theory.; Mathematical Applications in the Physical Sciences.; Mathematical Methods in Physics.

In the last few years modified gravity theories have been proposed as extensions of Einstein's theory of gravity. Their main motivation is to explain the latest cosmological and astrophysical data on dark energy and dark matter. The study of general relativity at small scales has already produc...

Table of Contents:

• Part I: Modification of General Reletavity: General Scalar-Tensor Theories
• Part II: Massive Gravity
• Part III: Further Modifications at Large Distances
• Index.