Overview
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.
- | Author: Valerio Faraoni
- | Publisher: Springer
- | Publication Date: Mar 31, 2004
- | Number of Pages: 274 pages
- | Binding: Hardback or Cased Book
- | ISBN-10: 1402019882
- | ISBN-13: 9781402019883
