Gravity seminar - Helvi Witek Seminar
- Time:
- 12:00 - 13:00
- Date:
- 28Ìý´¡±è°ù¾±±ôÌý2016
- Venue:
- 54/7033 (7C)
For more information regarding this seminar, please email Maarten van de Meent at m.vandemeent@soton.ac.uk .
Event details
Collapse in Einstein-dilaton Gauss-Bonnet gravity
Although General Relativity (GR) has passed all tests so far with flying colors, the most recent of which being GW150914 in the strong-field, dynamical regime, a full theory combining GR with quantum field theory is still amiss. Guided by more fundamental candidate theories of quantum gravity, one possible extension of GR are so-called quadratic gravity models. In this talk I will focus on Einstein-dilaton Gauss-Bonnet gravity and, specifically, discuss properties of compact objects and black-hole formation processes in this theory.
Speaker information
Helvi Witek , Nottingham.