Langlois, D. (2013). A unifying approach to dark energy models. Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics. https://pirsa.org/13070023
MLA
Langlois, David. A unifying approach to dark energy models. Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics, Jul. 09, 2013, https://pirsa.org/13070023
BibTex
@misc{ scivideos_PIRSA:13070023,
doi = {10.48660/13070023},
url = {https://pirsa.org/13070023},
author = {Langlois, David},
keywords = {},
language = {en},
title = {A unifying approach to dark energy models},
publisher = {Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics},
year = {2013},
month = {jul},
note = {PIRSA:13070023 see, \url{https://scivideos.org/pirsa/13070023}}
}
This talk will present an effective description of single field dark energy/modified gravity models, which encompasses most existing proposals. The starting point is a generic Lagrangian expressed in terms of the lapse and of the extrinsic and intrinsic curvature tensors of the uniform scalar field hypersurfaces. By expanding this Lagrangian up to quadratic order, one can describe the homogeneous background and the dynamics of linear perturbations. In particular, one can identify seven Lagrangian operators that lead to equations of motion containing at most second order derivatives, the time-dependent coefficients of three of these operators characterizing the background evolution. I will illustrate this approach with Horndeski's---or generalized Galileon---theories. Finally, I will discuss the link between this effective approach and observations.
