Lectures on Screened Modified Gravity
High Energy Physics - Theory
2012-11-26 v1 Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Abstract
The acceleration of the expansion of the Universe has led to the construction of Dark Energy models where a light scalar field may have a range reaching up to cosmological scales. Screening mechanisms allow these models to evade the tight gravitational tests in the solar system and the laboratory. I will briefly review some of the salient features of screened modified gravity models of the chameleon, dilaton or symmetron types using gravity as a template.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1211.5237,
title = {Lectures on Screened Modified Gravity},
author = {Philippe Brax},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1211.5237},
year = {2012}
}
Comments
22 pages, based on lectures given at the Cracow School of Theoretical Physics, Zakopane, Poland, May 2012: "Astroparticle Physics in the LHC Era"