Title: Dark Energy phenomenology: the effective field theory approach
Time 2pm
Place: DRL 2N36
Abstract:
I will present recent and ongoing works that aim at a unifying description of dark energy and modified gravity models containing a scalar degree of freedom in addition to general relativity. Such an effective field theory approach allows, on the one hand, a transparent analysis of the possible theoretical mechanisms at the basis of cosmic acceleration; moreover, it provides a useful set of parameters that can be efficiently constrained with observations. I will show the present observational constraints based on the growth rate of cosmic structures and the forecasts for future surveys such as EUCLID.
Date of event:
Mon, 2014-09-22 (All day)
