10–13 Mar 2020
University of Granada
Europe/Madrid timezone

Investigation of torsional modified gravity through multi-messenger observations

12 Mar 2020, 12:15
30m
Sala ENIAC, Edificio Mecenas, Faculty of Science (University of Granada)

Sala ENIAC, Edificio Mecenas, Faculty of Science

University of Granada

Facultad de Ciencias - Campus Fuentenueva C/ Profesor Adolfo Rancaño 18003 Granada

Speaker

Prof. Emmanuel Saridakis (National Technical University of Athens)

Description

We review various theoretical models and scenarios based on torsional modifications of gravity. Then we present the recent possibility of using multi-messenger astronomy, namely data from gravitational waves observations alongside their electromagnetic counterparts, in order to investigate torsional modified gravity and test general relativity.

Presentation materials