2018 CAP Congress / Congrès de l'ACP 2018

The nuts and bolts of higher curvature gravity (G)*

13 Jun 2018, 12:00

15m

SUB 302 (cap.40) (Dalhousie University)

Oral Competition (Graduate Student) / Compétition orale (Étudiant(e) du 2e ou 3e cycle) Theoretical Physics / Physique théorique (DTP-DPT) W2-4 General Relativity II (DTP) | Relativité générale II (DPT)

Speaker

Mr Robie Hennigar (University of Waterloo)

Description

I will discuss recent work constructing Taub-NUT/Bolt solutions in general higher curvature theories of gravity. A broad class of theories known as generalized quasi-topological gravities (that include general relativity as a special case) allow for results non-perturbative in the higher curvature couplings, and we see a number of interesting differences compared to general relativity. General results can be obtained, valid for any theory of gravity, and I will comment on their implications in light of the AdS/CFT correspondence.