{"product_id":"9780306466182","title":"Exact Solutions and Scalar Fields in Gravity: Recent Developments","description":"\u003ch1\u003eExact Solutions and Scalar Fields in Gravity: Recent Developments\u003c\/h1\u003e \u003ch2\u003eMacías, Alfredo; Cervantes-Cota, Jorge L.; Lämmerzahl, Claus\u003c\/h2\u003e \u003cp\u003eDivided into four parts, this book covers recent developments  in topics pertaining to gravity theories, including discussions on the  presence of scalar fields. \u003cbr\u003e  Part One is devoted to exact solutions in general relativity, and is  mainly concerned with the results of rotating null dust beams and  fluids. Also included is a panoramic vision of new research directions  in this area, which would require revising certain theorems and their  possible extensions within gravity theories, new aspects concerning  the Ernst potentials, double Kerr spacetimes, and rotating  configurations. In particular, there is a detailed discussion of  totally symmetric and totally geodesic spaces, in which a method for  generating (2+1)-dimensional solutions from (3+1)-dimensional  solutions is given. \u003cbr\u003e  Part Two deals with alternative theories of gravity, all of which  include scalar fields and gauge fields. Here, quantum and cosmological  effects, which arise from both gravity theories in four and higher  dimensions and from metric-affine theories, are investigated. \u003cbr\u003e  Part Three is devoted to cosmological and inflationary scenarios.  Local effects, such as the influence of scalar fields in protogalactic  interactions, numerical studies of the collapse of molecular cores, as  well as the inverse inflationary problem and the blue eigenvalue  spectrum of it, are considered. Moreover, the role of scalar fields as  dark matter and quantum cosmology in the Bergman-Wagoner and Gowdy  theories, together with the relation of the conformal symmetry and  deflationary gas universe, are likewise presented. \u003cbr\u003e  The last part of the book includes some mixed topics which are still  in the experimental stage. Among them are the foundation of the  Maxwell theory, a discussion on electromagnetic Thirring problems, a  note on the staticity of black holes with non-minimally coupled scalar  fields, and a study of the Lorentz force free charged fluids in  general relativity.\u003cbr\u003e  Thus, this book is the most up-to-date, comprehensive collection of  papers on the subject of exact solutions and scalar fields in gravity  and is a valuable tool for researchers in the area.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublished by: Springer\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublication Date: 2001-08-31\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFormat: Hardcover\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN-13: 9780306466182\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDOI: 10.1007\/b100333\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDimensions: 254cm x178cm\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePages: 328\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Springer US","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47388647915660,"sku":"9780306466182","price":98.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9780306466182.jpg?v=1775758206","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9780306466182","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}