Tufts/CfA/MIT Cosmology Seminar, at MIT:

Tuesday, September 13, 2005
2:30 pm
Center for Theoretical Physics Seminar Room
5 Cambridge Center, NE25 Fourth Floor
Refreshments at 2:00, same location

"Cosmological Structure Evolution in DGP Gravity"


Sean Carroll
University of Chicago

Abstract:

A possible explanation for the observed acceleration of the universe is a modification of gravity on cosmological scales. One promising idea along the lines has been proposed by Dvali, Gabadadze, and Porrati (DGP), in which we live on a brane embedded in a single infinitely-large extra dimension. Gravity propagates with different strengths in the bulk than on the brane, leading to effectively four-dimensional behavior on small scales. To date, this model is consistent with known experimental tests. I will discuss the evolution of cosmological perturbations in this model, and compare them with observations. We find a slight diminuition of the CMB anisotropies on very large scales, but it remains difficult to distinguish between DGP gravity and general relativity with current data.

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