New effective theories of gravitation and their phenomenological consequences
arXiv:2101.11523 · doi:10.33612/diss.143961423
Abstract
This thesis focuses on modifications on Einstein's theory of General Relativity, which could explain the current problems in gravitation and cosmology. More specifically, modifications of the affine structure of the spacetime, which is the structure that tells us how to perform derivatives, are studied. These theories appear when imposing that the system must be invariant under the action of the local Poincaré group. Within these theories, their stability, the conditions for the appearance of singularities, the movement of fermions, and if it is possible to find different Black Hole solutions than in Einstein's theory, is explored. Moreover, a non-local extension of the mentioned modification is proposed, which can make the theory free of instabilities and singularities at the linear limit.
arXiv commentPhD Thesis, University of Cape Town and University of Groningen. Defended in November 2020. 172 pages, 8 figures, 1 table
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