Horndeski theories

April 20, 2016
11:00am to 12:30pm

IFT Discussion room second floor

Specialist level
Speaker: 
J. M. Ezquiaga
Location&Place: 

IFT Discussion room second floor

Abstract: 

In the first part of the Journal Club, JM. Ezquiaga will discuss a new formalism to describe general scalar-tensor theoriesof gravity  (https://inspirehep.net/record/1426081).

In the second half, we will discuss recent progress in the analysis of scale invariant theories of gravity (https://inspirehep.net/record/1426146) and in the context of inflationary attractors (https://inspirehep.net/record/1441154).