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Record Nr.

UNINA9910300373003321

Titolo

Accelerated Cosmic Expansion : Proceedings of the Fourth International Meeting on Gravitation and Cosmology / / edited by Claudia Moreno González, José Edgar Madriz Aguilar, Luz Marina Reyes Barrera

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2014

ISBN

3-319-02063-3

Edizione

[1st ed. 2014.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (223 p.)

Collana

Astrophysics and Space Science Proceedings, , 1570-6605 ; ; 38

Disciplina

523.18

Soggetti

Cosmology

Gravitation

Astrophysics

Classical and Quantum Gravity

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

From the Contents: Part I Modified Theories of Gravity -- Recovering Flat Rotation Curves and Galactic Dynamics from f(R)-gravity -- Part II Cosmology and Dark Energy -- Vector Fields Resembling Dark Energy -- Part III Other Topics -- Relativistic Dust Thin Disks with Halo and Magnetic Field.

Sommario/riassunto

This volume provides both an update and a review of the state of alternative theories of gravity, in connection with the issue of the accelerated expansion of the universe. Different theoretical proposals explain the acceleration in cosmic expansion, generating the dark energy issue and opening the possibilities of alternative theories of gravity (besides general relativity). Related issues, such as the problem of dark matter, are also surveyed in order to give the readers profound insight on the subject from different points of view. Comprised of short talks and plenary lectures given by leading experts in the field, some of them with brilliant and historic contributions, this book allows the reader to find referenced surveys in topics like f(R) theories, the dark matter and dark energy issues, Modified Newtonian Dynamics (MOND) scenarios, f(T) theories, scalar-tensor theories derived from non-Riemannian geometries, emergent universes, the cosmological constant



and other topics of current interest for physicists and graduate students. These proceedings are from the Fourth International Meeting on Gravitation and Cosmology, held in Guadalajara, Jalisco, México, from 20 - 25 May, 2012, and were sponsored by ICTP- Trieste, Italy and COECyTJAL-Universidad de Guadalajara, México. This event is a series of scientific meetings that was started in 2004 in Cuba, focusing on current and selected topics in the fields of gravitation and cosmology.