Beyond Einstein Gravity

Valerio Faraoni received a PhD in Astrophysics at the International School for Advanced Studies in Trieste, Italy. He is known for his research on alternative theories of gravity, cosmology, and gravitational waves. He is currently Associate Professor at Bishop's University in Sherbrooke, Canada. Salvatore Capozziello graduated in Physics at University of Rome "La Sapienza" and received a PhD in Theoretical Physics at University of Naples "Federico II", Italy.  He is the author of almost 300 hundred papers and monographs including theory of gravity, gravitational waves, theoretical and observational cosmology. He is currently Associate Professor at the University of Naples "Federico II", Italy.

From the reviews: "This monograph covers almost all extended theories of gravity which are under current discussion and their application to cosmology. It is a useful guide through the literature on these topics, and the reference list covers as many as 1180 items, mainly from the recent ten years. The authors themselves are active researchers in this field, and so they are able to present the material with competence, especially, they often give the key equations and explain the problematic points." (Hans-Jurgen Schmidt, Zentralblatt MATH, Vol. 1206, 2011)

• 1. Extended gravity: a primer.- 2. Mathematical Tools.- 3. The landscape beyond Einstein gravity.- 4. Spherical symmetry.- 5. Weak-field limit.- 6. Qualitative analysis and exact solutions in cosmology.- 7. Cosmology.- 8. From the early to the present universe.- A. Physical constants and astrophysical and cosmological parameters.- B. The Noether symmetry approach to f(R) gravity.- C. The weak-field limit of metric f(R) gravity.- References.- Index.