TL;DR: In this article, the authors proposed a generalization of the Brans-Dicke cosmology in the Jordan frame to general relativity, which is the limit of general relativity.
Abstract: 1. Scalar-Tensor Gravity.- 1 Introduction.- 2 Brans-Dicke theory.- 3 Brans-Dicke cosmology in the Jordan frame.- 4 The limit to general relativity.- 5 Relation to Kaluza-Klein theory.- 6 Brans-Dicke theory from Lyra's geometry.- 7 Scalar-tensor theories.- 7.1 Effective Lagrangians and Hamiltonians.- 8 Motivations for scalar-tensor theories.- 9 Induced gravity.- 10 Generalized scalar-tensor theories.- 11 Conformal transformation techniques.- 11.1 Conformal transformations.- 11.2 Brans-Dicke theory.- 11.3 Kaluza-Klein cosmology.- 11.4 Scalar-tensor theories.- 11.5 Generalized scalar-tensor theories.- 12 Singularities of the gravitational coupling.- 2. Effective Energy-Momentum Tensors and Conformal Frames.- 1 The issue of the conformal frame.- 1.1 The first viewpoint.- 1.2 The second viewpoint.- 1.3 The third viewpoint.- 1.4 Other viewpoints.- 1.5 Einstein frame or Jordan frame?.- 1.6 Energy conditions in relativistic theories.- 1.7 Singularity theorems and energy conditions.- 2 Effective energy-momentum tensors.- 2.1 Time-dependence of the gravitational coupling.- 2.2 Conservation equations for the various Tab(J) [oo].- 3. Gravitational Waves.- 1 Introduction.- 2 Einstein frame scalar-tensor waves.- 2.1 Gravitational waves in the Einstein frame.- 2.2 Corrections to the geodesic deviation equation.- 3 Gravitational lensing by scalar-tensor gravitational waves.- 3.1 Jordan frame analysis.- 3.2 Einstein frame analysis.- 3.3 Propagation of light through a gravitational wave background.- 4. Exact Solutions of Scalar-Tensor Cosmology.- 1 Introduction.- 2 Exact solutions of Brans-Dicke cosmology.- 2.1 K = 0 FLRW solutions.- 2.1.1 The O'Hanlon and Tupper solution.- 2.1.2 The Brans-Dicke dust solution.- 2.1.3 The Nariai solution.- 2.1.4 Other solutions with cosmological constant.- 2.1.5 Generalizing Nariai's solution.- 2.1.6 Phase space analysis for K = 0 and V(o) = 0.- 2.1.7 Phase plane analysis for K = 0 and V(o) = Ao.- 2.2 K = +-1 solutions and phase space for V = 0.- 2.3 Phase space for any K and V = m2o2/2.- 2.3.1 The Dehnen-Obregon solution.- 2.4 Bianchi models.- 2.4.1 Bianchi V universes.- 3 Exact solutions of scalar-tensor theories.- 5. The Early Universe.- 1 Introduction.- 2 Extended inflation.- 2.1 The original extended inflationary scenario.- 2.2 Alternatives.- 3 Hyperextended inflation.- 4 Real inflation?.- 5 Constraints from primordial nucleosynthesis.- 6. Perturbations.- 1 Introduction.- 2 Scalar perturbations.- 3 Tensor perturbations.- 7. Nonminimal Coupling.- 1 Introduction.- 1.1 Generalized inflation.- 1.2 Motivations for nonminimal coupling.- 1.3 Which value of.- 2 Effective energy-momentum tensors.- 2.1 Approach a la Callan-Coleman-Jackiw.- 2.2 Effective coupling.- 2.3 A mixed approach.- 2.4 Discussion.- 2.5 Energy conditions in FLRW cosmology.- 2.6 Nonminimal coupling and gravitational waves.- 3 Conformal transformations.- 4 Inflation and ? 0: the unperturbed universe.- 4.1 Necessary conditions for generalized inflation.- 4.1.1 Specific potentials.- 4.2 The effective equation of state with nonminimal coupling.- 4.3 Critical values of the scalar field.- 5 The slow-roll regime of generalized inflation.- 5.1 Derivation of the stability conditions.- 5.2 Slow-roll parameters.- 6 Inflation and ? 0: perturbations.- 6.1 Density perturbations.- 6.2 Tensor perturbations.- 7 Conclusion.- 8. The Present Universe.- 1 Present acceleration of the universe and quintessence.- 1.1 Coupled quintessence.- 1.2 Multiple field quintessence.- 1.3 Falsifying quintessence models.- 2 Quintessence with nonminimal coupling.- 2.1 Models using the Ratra-Peebles potential.- 2.2 Necessary conditions for accelerated expansion.- 2.3 Doppler peaks with nonminimal coupling.- 3 Superquintessence.- 3.1 An exact superaccelerating solution.- 3.2 Big Smash singularities.- 4 Quintessence in scalar-tensor gravity.- 5 Conclusion.- References.
TL;DR: In this article, it was shown that it is possible to solve the Einstein field equations and the junction conditions exactly, and that the Friedmann dust solution is a limiting case in the case of a relativistic star undergoing gravitational collapse.
Abstract: In a recent approach in modeling a radiating relativistic star undergoing gravitational collapse the role of the Weyl stresses was emphasized. It is possible to generate a model which is physically reasonable by approximately solving the junction conditions at the boundary of the star. In this paper we demonstrate that it is possible to solve the Einstein field equations and the junction conditions exactly. This exact solution contains the Friedmann dust solution as a limiting case. We briefly consider the radiative transfer within the framework of extended irreversible thermodynamics and show that relaxational effects significantly alter the temperature profiles.
TL;DR: In this article, a new form of the Lemaitre-Tolman-Bondi (LTB) solution is introduced, in which the solution is explicit and unified.
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TL;DR: In this article, a static spherically symmetric solution of the field equations in metric f ( R ) gravity was found with constant Ricci scalar curvature and its energy distribution was evaluated by using Landau-Lifshitz energy-momentum complex.
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Abstract: In this paper, we elaborate the problem of energy–momentum in General Relativity with the help of some well-known solutions. In this connection, we use the prescriptions of Einstein, Landau–Lifshitz, Papapetrou and Moller to compute the energy–momentum densities for four exact solutions of the Einstein field equations. We take the gravitational waves, special class of Ferrari–Ibanez degenerate solution, Senovilla–Vera dust solution and Wainwright–Marshman solution. It turns out that these prescriptions do provide consistent results for special class of Ferrari–Ibanez degenerate solution and Wainwright–Marshman solution but inconsistent results for gravitational waves and Senovilla–Vera dust solution.