24–28 Aug 2026
Leiden University
Europe/Zurich timezone

Healthy scalar-tensor theories with third-order derivatives: Cosmological perturbations

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20m
Gorlaeus gebouw (Leiden University)

Gorlaeus gebouw

Leiden University

Einsteinweg 55, 2333 CC Leiden
Talk Dark Energy / Modified Gravity

Speaker

Tsutomu Kobayashi (Rikkyo University)

Description

I describe how one can systematically construct covariant, ghost-free scalar-tensor theories whose Lagrangian includes up to third-order derivatives of the scalar field. The resultant theories extend the generalized disformal Horndeski and U-DHOST theories. I then discuss cosmological perturbations, emphasizing the role of new terms on EFT of Dark Energy.

Author

Tsutomu Kobayashi (Rikkyo University)

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