Structure Formation in Modified Gravity Cosmologies
Author:   Alexandre Barreira
Publisher:   Springer International Publishing AG
Edition:   1st ed. 2016
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Pages:   218
Publication Date:   13 May 2016
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Author:   Alexandre Barreira
Publisher:   Springer International Publishing AG
Imprint:   Springer International Publishing AG
Edition:   1st ed. 2016
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 1.40cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   4.794kg
ISBN:  

9783319336954


ISBN 10:   3319336959
Pages:   218
Publication Date:   13 May 2016
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
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Introduction.- Linear Perturbations in Galileon Gravity Models.- The Observational Status of Galileon Gravity After Planck.- Spherical Collapse in Galileon Gravity .- N-body Simulations and Halo Modelling in Galileon Gravity Cosmologies.-  Nonlinear Structure Formation in Nonlocal Gravity.- Lensing by Clusters and Voids in Modified Lensing Potentials.- Summary, Conclusions and Future Work.

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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.    

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