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5–7 May 2014
University of Pittsburgh
US/Eastern timezone

Cosmological Consequences of Massive Gravity

5 May 2014, 14:45
15m
Benedum Hall G26 (University of Pittsburgh)

Benedum Hall G26

University of Pittsburgh

Speaker

Dr Tina Kahniashvili (Carnegie Mellon University)

Description

The cosmological consequences of the deRham-Gabadadze-Tolley (dRGT) massive gravity model will be discussed. In the framework of dRGT model the today accelerated expansion of the universe is governed by a non-zero mass of graviton that is determined by the today value of the Hubble parameter $m_g \sim H_)$. In order to recover the isotropic background solutions at the late stages of the universe expansion as well as the stability of perturbations the quasidilaton extensions of the dRGT model have been developed. In this talk I will be focused on gravittional waves dynamics in the dRGT model and the corresponding CMB signatures such as temperature and polarization anisotropies.

Primary author

Dr Tina Kahniashvili (Carnegie Mellon University)

Presentation materials