PIRSA:07040011

Challenges of Explaining Cosmic Acceleration Through Modified Gravity

(2007). Challenges of Explaining Cosmic Acceleration Through Modified Gravity. Perimeter Institute. https://pirsa.org/07040011

Challenges of Explaining Cosmic Acceleration Through Modified Gravity. Perimeter Institute, Apr. 25, 2007, https://pirsa.org/07040011 

          @misc{ pirsa_07040011,
            doi = {10.48660/07040011},
            url = {https://pirsa.org/07040011},
            author = {},
            keywords = {Cosmology},
            language = {en},
            title = {Challenges of Explaining Cosmic Acceleration Through Modified Gravity},
            publisher = {Perimeter Institute},
            year = {2007},
            month = {apr},
            note = {PIRSA:07040011 see, \url{https://pirsa.org}}
          }
DOI 10.48660/07040011
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Talk Type Scientific Series
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Abstract

Among the possible explanations for the observed acceleration of the universe, perhaps the boldest is the idea that new gravitational physics might be the culprit. In this colloquium I will discuss some of the challenges of constructing a sensible phenomenological extension of General Relativity, give examples of some candidate models of modified gravity and survey existing observational constraints on this approach. I will conclude by discussing how we might hope to distinguish between modifications of General Relativity and dark energy as competing hypotheses to explain cosmic acceleration.