1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910557532703321

Autore

Pazzaglia Mariella

Titolo

Embodying Tool Use: from Cognition to Neurorehabilitation

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Frontiers Media SA, 2020

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (264 p.)

Soggetti

Neurosciences

Science: general issues

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Sommario/riassunto

This eBook is a collection of articles from a Frontiers Research Topic. Frontiers Research Topics are very popular trademarks of the Frontiers Journals Series: they are collections of at least ten articles, all centered on a particular subject. With their unique mix of varied contributions from Original Research to Review Articles, Frontiers Research Topics unify the most influential researchers, the latest key findings and historical advances in a hot research area! Find out more on how to host your own Frontiers Research Topic or contribute to one as an author by contacting the Frontiers Editorial Office: frontiersin.org/about/contact



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910337876103321

Autore

Kuntz Iberê

Titolo

Gravitational Theories Beyond General Relativity / / by Iberê Kuntz

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2019

ISBN

3-030-21197-5

Edizione

[1st ed. 2019.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (88 pages)

Collana

Springer Theses, Recognizing Outstanding Ph.D. Research, , 2190-5061

Disciplina

530.11015153

530.1

Soggetti

Gravitation

Cosmology

Elementary particles (Physics)

Quantum field theory

Classical and Quantum Gravity

Elementary Particles, Quantum Field Theory

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- Equivalence between dark matter and modified gravity -- Gravitational waves in quantum gravity -- Backreaction of quantum gravitational modes -- Higgs-Starobinsky inflation -- Vacuum stability during inflation -- Conclusions -- Appendix.

Sommario/riassunto

Despite the success of general relativity in explaining classical gravitational phenomena, several problems at the interface between gravitation and high energy physics still remain open. The purpose of this thesis is to explore quantum gravity and its phenomenological consequences for dark matter, gravitational waves and inflation. A new formalism to classify gravitational theories based on their degrees of freedom is introduced and, in light of this classification, it is argued that dark matter is no different from modified gravity. Gravitational waves are shown to be damped due to quantum degrees of freedom. The consequences for gravitational wave events are also discussed. The non-minimal coupling of the Higgs boson to gravity is studied in connection with Starobinsky inflation and its implications for the



vacuum instability problem is analyzed.