f(R) gravity is an extension of Einstein's General Relativity derived from relaxing the hypothesis that the Hilbert-Einstein action for the gravitational field is strictly linear in the Ricci curvature scalar R, i.e. f(R)=R. In this sense, f(R) gravity represents a class of theories defined as arbitrary functions of R. It can be considered as the simplest example of Extended Theory of Gravity (Capozziello and De Laurentis, 2011)

F(R) theories of gravitation / Laurentis, Mariafelicia; Capozziello, Salvatore. - In: SCHOLARPEDIA JOURNAL. - ISSN 1941-6016. - 10:2(2015), p. 31422. [10.4249/scholarpedia.31422]

F(R) theories of gravitation

Laurentis, Mariafelicia;Capozziello, Salvatore
2015

Abstract

f(R) gravity is an extension of Einstein's General Relativity derived from relaxing the hypothesis that the Hilbert-Einstein action for the gravitational field is strictly linear in the Ricci curvature scalar R, i.e. f(R)=R. In this sense, f(R) gravity represents a class of theories defined as arbitrary functions of R. It can be considered as the simplest example of Extended Theory of Gravity (Capozziello and De Laurentis, 2011)
2015
F(R) theories of gravitation / Laurentis, Mariafelicia; Capozziello, Salvatore. - In: SCHOLARPEDIA JOURNAL. - ISSN 1941-6016. - 10:2(2015), p. 31422. [10.4249/scholarpedia.31422]
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