Speaker
Heba Abdulrahman
(North West University, South Africa)
Description
In this work, a brief review of a new form of scalar-tensor theories of gravity, known as gravitational scalar-tensor theories (GST) in which the action is composed of the Ricci scalar and its first and second derivatives is made. Some of the cosmological applications that have been investigated in these new theories are discussed considering different models corresponding to the first non-trivial extensions of general relativity possessing 2 + 2 degrees of freedom. We show that the resulting cosmological behavior is in agreement with observations.
Apply to be considered for a student ; award (Yes / No)?
Yes
Level for award;(Hons, MSc, PhD, N/A)?
PhD
Primary author
Heba Abdulrahman
(North West University, South Africa)
Co-author
Prof.
Amare Abebe
(North-West University)
