Extended Theories of Gravity and their Cosmological and Astrophysical Applications

Abstract

We review Extended Theories of Gravity in metric and Palatini formalism pointing out their cosmological and astrophysical application. The aim is to propose an alternative approach to solve the puzzles connected to dark components.

44 pages, 11 figures

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