Extensions of F(r) Gravity: Curvature-Matter Couplings and Hybrid Metric-Palatini Theory

by Tiberiu Harko and Francisco S.N. Lobo

Recent cosmological observations have posed a challenge for traditional theories of gravity: what is the force driving the accelerated expansion of the universe? What if dark energy or dark matter do not exist and what we observe is a modification of the gravitational interaction that dominates the universe at large scales? Various extensions to Einstein's General Theory of Relativity have been proposed, and this book presents a detailed theoretical...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1108428746
• ISBN13: 9781108428743
• Release Date: January 2019
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 474 Pages
• Weight: 2.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 9.9" x 7.1"