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Scalar-tensor theories of gravity are currently of great interest, partially due to the fact that such theories occur as the low-energy limit in superstring theory (see [188] and references therein) . The first scalar-tensor theories to appear (with ω = ω 0 ) were due to Jordan [205, 206], Fierz [146] and Brans and Dicke [60] and the most general scalar-tensor theories were formulated by Bergmann [40], Nordtvedt [289] and Wagoner [356] . The observational limits on scalar-tensor theories include solar system tests [2, 59, 64, 189] and cosmological tests such as Big Bang nucleosynthesis constraints [17, 322].
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Coley, A.A. (2003). Scalar Tensor Theories of Gravity. In: Dynamical Systems and Cosmology. Astrophysics and Space Science Library, vol 291. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-0327-7_8
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