Our Mysterious Dark Universe
23.05.2017
| Date | 23.05.2017 |
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| Time | 13:30 |
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| Speaker | Lavinia Heisenberg |
| Area of expertise | Physics |
| Host | Dep. Physik |
| Contact | Giovanni Felder |
| Abstract | After giving an introduction into modern cosmology and the incredible progresses it witnessed, I will summarise the theoretical and observational challenges that we are facing in the standard model of cosmology. I will then introduce different ideas proposed in the literature to tackle these problems within modified gravity theories, among which I will pay special attention to massive gravity, scalar-tensor theories and generalised Proca theories on curved space-time. |