Beyond Einstein Gravity A Survey of Gravitational Theories for Cosmology and Astrophysics /

• Main Authors: Faraoni, Valerio (Author), Capozziello, Salvatore (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2011.
• Series: Fundamental Theories of Physics ; 170
• Subjects: Physics.; Applied mathematics.; Engineering mathematics.; Gravitation.; Astronomy.; Astrophysics.; Cosmology.; Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology.; Classical and Quantum Gravitation, Relativity Theory.; Applications of Mathematics.

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...

Table of Contents:

• 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.