Speaker
Dr
Robie Hennigar
(Institute for Cosmos Sciences, University of Barcelona)
Description
Generalized quasi-topological gravities are higher-curvature extensions of general relativity with the defining property that the field equations of the theory remain second-order when restricted to certain metrics of interest. In this talk, I will discuss recent work classifying the structural aspects of these theories, proving their existence at arbitrary orders and dimensions, and counting the number of such theories. I will also discuss interesting universal aspects of the thermodynamics of black holes in these theories.
Primary authors
Mengqi Lu
(University of Waterloo)
Pablo Antonio Cano Molina-Niñirola
Pablo Bueno
(CERN)
Robert Mann
(University of Waterloo)
Dr
Robie Hennigar
(Institute for Cosmos Sciences, University of Barcelona)
