Overview
- Nominated as an outstanding PhD thesis by the Durham
- A comprehensive overview and critical analysis of gravity theories beyond general relativity
- Confronts the theory with both observational evidence and simulations
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Springer Theses (Springer Theses)
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About the author
Alexandre Barreira is originally from Porto, Portugal. He completed his undergraduate Master degrees in physics in 2011 at the University of Porto, supervised by Prof. Pedro Avelino. Barreira then carried out his PhD at Durham University under the supervision of Prof. Carlton Baugh, Dr. Baojiu Li and Prof. Silvia Pascoli, successfully defended his thesis in May 2015. On the basis of outstanding overall performance during his PhD years, Barreira was awarded the North Holland Research Physics Prize in 2012 and the Keith Nicholas Prize in 2014 by the Department of Physics. He is now a post-doctoral researcher at the Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics in Germany.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Structure Formation in Modified Gravity Cosmologies
Authors: Alexandre Barreira
Series Title: Springer Theses
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-33696-1
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Physics and Astronomy, Physics and Astronomy (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-33695-4Published: 13 May 2016
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-81575-6Published: 27 May 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-33696-1Published: 03 May 2016
Series ISSN: 2190-5053
Series E-ISSN: 2190-5061
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVIII, 218
Number of Illustrations: 59 illustrations in colour
Topics: Classical and Quantum Gravitation, Relativity Theory, Cosmology