Seminars and Colloquia

Beyond Einstein: An assessment of higher curvature gravityAstrophysics Seminar

by Sudipta Sarkar (Department of Physics, IIT Gandhinagar)

Asia/Kolkata
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Description

The Einstein-Hilbert action is the simplest possible generally covariant action for gravity. While Einstein's equations conform with all observational data, theoretical considerations suggest the possibility to add higher curvature correction terms to Einstein's theory. In this seminar, I will discuss the various issues related to such higher curvature terms, particularly causality and stability.
 

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