1–5 Jul 2019
Faculty of Physics, University of Warsaw
Europe/Warsaw timezone

Minimalism in modified gravity

5 Jul 2019, 15:00
20m
Faculty of Physics, University of Warsaw

Faculty of Physics, University of Warsaw

conference hall 0.03, Faculty of Physics, University of Warsaw ul. Pasteura 5, 02-093 Warszawa Poland

Speaker

Prof. Shinji Mukohyama

Description

It is generally believed that modification of GR inevitably introduce extra physical degree(s) of freedom. In this talk I argue that this is not the case by constructing modified gravity theories with two local physical degrees of freedom. After classifying such theories into two types, I show explicit examples and discuss their cosmology and phenomenology.

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