Speaker
Kory Stiffler
Description
We review the foundational aspects of the newly developed projectively invariant Thomas-Whitehead (TW) model of gravity. This model is an extension of Einstein-Hilbert Gravity, endowed with projective invariance. The importance of projective invariance to gravitation has deep roots in string theory, which we briefly discuss. We demonstrate how dark energy and an inflaton field naturally emerge from TW gravity and explore the possibilities of connections between the two.
Primary author
Co-authors
Biruk Chafamo
Calvin Bavor
Catherine Whiting
(Colorado Mesa University)
Kenneth Heitritter
(University of Iowa)
Muhammad Abdullah
Muhammad Hamza Kalim
Dr
Samuel Brensinger
(University of Dayton)
Vincent Rodgers
Xiaole Jiang
