Dark Energy and Modified Gravity - Lecture 1
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Dark Energy and Modified Gravity Lecture - 1
Plan for the lectures
A success story
Our Universe
LCDM
How special is GR ?
Generalized Kronecker delta
Lovelock scalars
Scalar-tensor theories
Theoretical Landscape
fR gravity
Generalized Brans-Dicke
Galileons
Horndeski
Beyond Horndeski
DHOST
Massive Gravity
‘When modifying gravity, be aware of ...
Local tests of gravity
Stability of your theory
Gravitational Waves
GW170817
The aftermath of GW 170817
Screening Mechanisms
Screening Mechanisms: types
Chameleon Mechanism
Around spherically symmetric static source
Around ‘spherically symmetric cow’
Thin-shell configuration
Something observable?
Q&A/ more in depth
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International Centre for Theoretical Sciences