Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Conventions and notation
- 1 Introduction
- 2 The Prototype Brans–Dicke model
- 3 Conformal transformation
- 4 Cosmology with Λ
- 5 Models of an accelerating universe
- 6 Quantum effects
- Appendix A The scalar field from Kaluza-Klein theory
- Appendix B The curvature scalar from the assumed two-sheeted space-time
- Appendix C The field equation of gravity in the presence of nonminimal coupling
- Appendix D The law of conservation of matter
- Appendix E Eddington's parameters
- Appendix F Conformal transformation of a spinor field
- Appendix G Conformal transformation of the curvature scalar
- Appendix H A special choice for conformal invariance
- Appendix J The matter energy–momentum nonconservation law in the E frame
- Appendix K A modification to the Λ term
- Appendix L Einstein's equation in the brane world
- Appendix M Dilatation current
- Appendix N Loop integrals in continuous dimensions
- Appendix O A conformal frame in which particle masses are finally constant
- References
- Index
Frontmatter
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 24 August 2009
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Conventions and notation
- 1 Introduction
- 2 The Prototype Brans–Dicke model
- 3 Conformal transformation
- 4 Cosmology with Λ
- 5 Models of an accelerating universe
- 6 Quantum effects
- Appendix A The scalar field from Kaluza-Klein theory
- Appendix B The curvature scalar from the assumed two-sheeted space-time
- Appendix C The field equation of gravity in the presence of nonminimal coupling
- Appendix D The law of conservation of matter
- Appendix E Eddington's parameters
- Appendix F Conformal transformation of a spinor field
- Appendix G Conformal transformation of the curvature scalar
- Appendix H A special choice for conformal invariance
- Appendix J The matter energy–momentum nonconservation law in the E frame
- Appendix K A modification to the Λ term
- Appendix L Einstein's equation in the brane world
- Appendix M Dilatation current
- Appendix N Loop integrals in continuous dimensions
- Appendix O A conformal frame in which particle masses are finally constant
- References
- Index
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- Information
- The Scalar-Tensor Theory of Gravitation , pp. i - viPublisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2003