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Research
Latest papers
From Newton to Hawking and back: Newtonian analogies in spherical spacetimes, gravitoelectromagnetism and Hawking mass.
Philosophical transactions. Series A, Mathematical, physical, and engineering sciences · 2025 · first author
Thermal Origin of the Attractor-to-General-Relativity in Scalar-Tensor Gravity.
Physical review letters · 2025 · first author
Non-geodesic timelike observers and the ultralocal limit.
The European physical journal. C, Particles and fields · 2025 · senior author
Latest funding
- $76,000
A multi-faceted approach to gravity and cosmology beyond Einstein
NSERC · 2023 · Principal investigator
- $350,000
Challenging Einstein gravity at all scales
NSERC · 2016 · Principal investigator
- $195,000
Beyond Einstein: alternative theories of gravity and cosmology and a meta-theory of gravitational theories
NSERC · 2011 · Principal investigator
18 publications.
From Newton to Hawking and back: Newtonian analogies in spherical spacetimes, gravitoelectromagnetism and Hawking mass.
Faraoni V
Thermal Origin of the Attractor-to-General-Relativity in Scalar-Tensor Gravity.
Faraoni V, Giusti A
Non-geodesic timelike observers and the ultralocal limit.
Saadati R, Valsan L, Faraoni V
The Tolman-Ehrenfest criterion of thermal equilibrium in scalar-tensor gravity.
Karolinski N, Faraoni V
Thermal stability of stealth and de Sitter spacetimes in scalar-tensor gravity.
Giardino S, Giusti A, Faraoni V
More on the first-order thermodynamics of scalar-tensor and Horndeski gravity.
Faraoni V, Houle J
Past-directed scalar field gradients and scalar-tensor thermodynamics.
Giusti A, Giardino S, Faraoni V
Cosmological analogies for geophysical flows, Lagrangians, and new analogue gravity systems.
Faraoni V, Jose S
Scalar field as a perfect fluid: thermodynamics of minimally coupled scalars and Einstein frame scalar-tensor gravity.
Faraoni V, Giardino S, Giusti A, Vanderwee R
When can we compute analytically lookback time, age of the universe, and luminosity distance?
Jose S, Leblanc A, Faraoni V
A multi-faceted approach to gravity and cosmology beyond Einstein
Principal investigators: Faraoni, Valerio
Keywords: alternative theories of gravity; general relativity; effective thermodynamics of gravity; cosmology; cosmic acceleration; black holes; no-hair; apparent horizons; analytical solutions
Challenging Einstein gravity at all scales
Principal investigators: Faraoni, Valerio
Beyond Einstein: alternative theories of gravity and cosmology and a meta-theory of gravitational theories
Principal investigators: Faraoni, Valerio
Dark energy, modified gravity, and cosmology in alternative gravity
Principal investigators: Faraoni, Valerio
Quintessence and inflation in scalar-tensor gravity
Principal investigators: Faraoni, Valerio
From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.
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