EPFL seminars

Modified gravity as unification of inflation with dark energy: from conventional theory to Horava-Lifshitz gravity

Name: Modified gravity as unification of inflation with dark energy: from conventional theory to Horava-Lifshitz gravity
Start: 2010-11-29T14:00:00+01:00
End: 2010-11-29T15:00:00+01:00
Location: Lausanne

by Sergei Odintsov (ICREA and ICE-CSIC, Barcelona)

Monday 29 Nov 2010, 14:00 → 15:00 Europe/Zurich

Lausanne

Description

We give a general review of several 4-dimensional models of modified gravity: F(R) theory, Gauss-Bonnet gravity, non-local gravity and Horava-Lifshitz F(R) theory. Qualitatively, the possibility to unify the inflation with dark energy in such an approach, through cosmological reconstruction procedure, is demonstrated. The models may pass the local and cosmological tests and have a very rich cosmological structure.