Yasunori Fujii, Kei-Ichi Maeda

The Scalar-Tensor Theory of Gravitation

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The scalar-tensor theory of gravitation is one of the most popular alternatives to Einstein's theory of gravitation. This book provides a clear and concise introduction to the theoretical ideas and developments, exploring scalar fields and placing them in context with a discussion of Brans-Dicke theory. Topics covered include the cosmological constant problem, time variability of coupling constants, higher dimensional space-time, branes and conformal transformations. The authors emphasize the physical applications of the scalar-tensor theory and thus provide a pedagogical overview of the subject, keeping more mathematically detailed sections for the appendices. This book is suitable for graduate courses in cosmology, gravitation and relativity. It will also provide a valuable reference for researchers.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 260
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. April 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 244mm x 170mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 455g
• ISBN-13: 9780521037525
• ISBN-10: 0521037522
• Artikelnr.: 22784105

Autorenporträt

Yasunori Fujii received his PhD on the analogy between the strong interaction and the electromagnetic interaction, from Nagoya University in 1959. Between 1963 and 1992 he did research on the theory of particle physics and gravity, including pioneering work on the idea of non-Newtonian gravity, at the Institute of Physics, University of Tokyo. During this period, he also spent two years at Stanford University, California and a year at Purdue University, Indiana. He is currently emeritus professor at the University of Tokyo-Komaba and continues to pursue his research interests at the Nihon Fukushi University.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Conventions and notation
1. Introduction
2. The prototype Brans-Dicke model
3. Conformal transformation
4. Cosmology with ¿
5. Models of an accelerating universe
6. Quantum effects
Appendices
References
Index.