Joint cosmology seminar at Tufts:
Tuesday, March 15, 2016, 2:30 pm
574 Boston Ave, Room 310
Tufts University
Refreshments at 2:00 outside room 304
Generalizing Galileons, Modified Gravity and New Field Theories
Mark Trodden
University of Pennsylvania
Abstract:
I will describe methods to generalize Galileons, their relation to consistent massive gravity theories; and an intriguing way to classify and construct them. I will finish with some speculations on how they may be useful in particle physics and cosmology.