A perturbative approach for the study of compatibility between nonminimally coupled gravity and Solar System experiments

Abstract

We develop a framework for constraining a certain class of theories of nonminimally coupled (NMC) gravity with Solar System observations.

arXiv comment4 pages. Talk delivered by one of us (RM) at the International Conference on Mathematical Modeling in Physical Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic, 1-5 September, 2013

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