Cosmology in Scalar-Tensor Gravity

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.