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Metric Theories of Gravity: Perturbations and Conservation Laws

Metric Theories of Gravity: Perturbations and Conservation Laws

Hardcover

Series: de Gruyter Studies in Mathematical Physics, Book 38

Physics

ISBN10: 3110351730
ISBN13: 9783110351736
Publisher: de Gruyter
Published: Apr 24 2017
Pages: 621
Weight: 2.55
Height: 1.60 Width: 6.90 Depth: 9.80
Language: English

By focusing on the mostly used variational methods, this monograph aspires to give a unified description and comparison of various ways of constructing conserved quantities for perturbations and to study symmetries in general relativity and modified theories of gravity. The main emphasis lies on the field-theoretical covariant formulation of perturbations, the canonical Noether approach and the Belinfante procedure of symmetrisation. The general formalism is applied to build the gauge-invariant cosmological perturbation theory, conserved currents and superpotentials to describe physically important solutions of gravity theories. Meticulous attention is given to the construction of conserved quantities in asymptotically-flat spacetimes as well as in asymptotically constant curvature spacetimes such as the Anti-de Sitter space. Significant part of the book can be used in graduate courses on conservation laws in general relativity.

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