PIRSA:07040028

DARK ENERGY AS A CURVATURE EFFECT IN NON-LINEAR THORIES OF GRAVITATION

(2007). DARK ENERGY AS A CURVATURE EFFECT IN NON-LINEAR THORIES OF GRAVITATION. Perimeter Institute. https://pirsa.org/07040028

DARK ENERGY AS A CURVATURE EFFECT IN NON-LINEAR THORIES OF GRAVITATION. Perimeter Institute, Apr. 24, 2007, https://pirsa.org/07040028 

          @misc{ pirsa_07040028,
            doi = {10.48660/07040028},
            url = {https://pirsa.org/07040028},
            author = {},
            keywords = {Cosmology},
            language = {en},
            title = {DARK ENERGY AS A CURVATURE EFFECT IN NON-LINEAR THORIES OF GRAVITATION},
            publisher = {Perimeter Institute},
            year = {2007},
            month = {apr},
            note = {PIRSA:07040028 see, \url{https://pirsa.org}}
          }
DOI 10.48660/07040028
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Talk Type Scientific Series
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Abstract

Dark matter and dark energy can be explained without resorting to exotic fields if one accepts that the geometry of spacetime is governed by suitable generalized gravitational theories based on Lagrangians that are non-linear in the curvature of a metric and/or a torsionless linear connection, i.e. in second order and first order formalisms. A convenient choice of nonquadratic Lagrangians can fit well most of the astrophysical, cosmological and solar system requirements imposed by experimental results, without drastic modifications of Einstein field equations and with FRW Cosmologies preserved as a good approximation of Nature at a global scale.