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September 11, 2017 to October 6, 2017
Institut de Physique Théorique, CEA Saclay
Europe/Paris timezone
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Zumalacarregui: Testing Dark Energy with Gravitational Waves

Sep 26, 2017, 5:25 PM
25m
Institut de Physique Théorique, CEA Saclay

Institut de Physique Théorique, CEA Saclay

Orme des Merisiers batiment 774 Point courrier 136 CEA/DSM/IPhT, CEA/Saclay F-91191 Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex FRANCE

Description

Scalar-tensor theories of gravity can provide viable models to explain cosmic acceleration and several discrepancies of standard cosmology such as the value of H0. I will present recent progress to understand these theories and determine the properties of gravity using gravitational waves and the large scale structure of the universe: The speed of gravitational waves will provide the most stringent test for a large class of theories, while a new generation of galaxy surveys will be sensitive to new relativistic effects on the largest cosmological scales. I will also introduce hi_class (www.hiclass-code.net), an accurate, fast and flexible code to compute cosmological predictions in a very large class of gravitational theories.

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