BEYONDGR-2009-TPS

Gravity beyond General Relativity

 Coordinatore THE CHANCELLOR, MASTERS AND SCHOLARS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE 

 Organization address address: The Old Schools, Trinity Lane
city: CAMBRIDGE
postcode: CB2 1TN

contact info
Titolo: Mr.
Nome: Keith
Cognome: Cann
Email: send email
Telefono: +44 1223 333543
Fax: +44 1223 332988

 Nazionalità Coordinatore United Kingdom [UK]
 Totale costo 164˙040 €
 EC contributo 164˙040 €
 Programma FP7-PEOPLE
Specific programme "People" implementing the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Community for research, technological development and demonstration activities (2007 to 2013)
 Code Call FP7-PEOPLE-2009-IIF
 Funding Scheme MC-IIF
 Anno di inizio 2010
 Periodo (anno-mese-giorno) 2010-07-01   -   2011-04-30

 Partecipanti

# participant  country  role  EC contrib. [€] 
1    THE CHANCELLOR, MASTERS AND SCHOLARS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE

 Organization address address: The Old Schools, Trinity Lane
city: CAMBRIDGE
postcode: CB2 1TN

contact info
Titolo: Mr.
Nome: Keith
Cognome: Cann
Email: send email
Telefono: +44 1223 333543
Fax: +44 1223 332988

UK (CAMBRIDGE) coordinator 164˙040.80

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einstein    shortcomings    limitations    scales    phenomenology    theory    relativity    deviations    fundamental    principles    gravity   

 Obiettivo del progetto (Objective)

'General relativity, Einstein's celebrated theory, has been very successful as a theory of the gravitational interaction. However, within the course of the last decades several issues have been pointed out as indicating it limitations: the inevitable existence of spacetime singularities and the fact that it is not a renormalizable theory manifest as shortcomings at very small scales. The inability of the theory to explain the late time accelerated expansion of the universe or the rotational curves of galaxies without the need of unobserved, mysterious forms of matter/energy can be interpreted as shortcomings at large scales. These riddles make gravity by far the most enigmatic of interactions nowadays. Therefore, the understanding of gravity beyond general relativity seems to be more pertinent than ever. We propose to address this difficult issue by considering several different paths towards the understand of the limitations of general relativity and the study of phenomenology which is usually considered to be outsides its realm. The proposed directions include, but are not limited to: extensions or modifications of the theory which may address renormalizability issues or cosmological observations; the study of the effective action of more fundamental theories and their phenomenology; the explorations of fundamental principles of general relativity and the possible violation of such principles; the implications of deviations from Einstein's theory for astrophysics and cosmology and the possible ways to constrain such deviations; and the study of effects within the framework of general relativity which lie at the limit of its validity as a gravity theory. The deeper understanding of each of these issues will provide an important piece to the puzzle. The synthesis of these pieces is most likely to significantly aid our understanding of gravity, and this is our ultimate goal.'

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