Gravitational Theories Beyond General Relativity

• Main Author: Kuntz, Iberê (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Series: Springer Theses, Recognizing Outstanding Ph.D. Research,
• Subjects: Gravitation.; Cosmology.; Elementary particles (Physics).; Quantum field theory.; Classical and Quantum Gravitation, Relativity Theory.; Elementary Particles, Quantum Field Theory.

Despite the success of general relativity in explaining classical gravitational phenomena, several problems at the interface between gravitation and high energy physics still remain open. The purpose of this thesis is to explore quantum gravity and its phenomenological consequences for dark matter,...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Equivalence between dark matter and modified gravity
• Gravitational waves in quantum gravity
• Backreaction of quantum gravitational modes
• Higgs-Starobinsky inflation
• Vacuum stability during inflation
• Conclusions
• Appendix.