Dark Gravity

After introducing General Relativity from a variety of geometrical and field-theoretical perspesctives, I will discuss its implications for the observable Universe.
Some puzzles and challenges arise when cosmological and astrophysical observations are applied, since the inclusion of 3 dark sectors is needed. What is the dark energy, the dark matter and the inflaton field?

I will discuss some attempts to answer this question and how we can scrutinize them.

Sprecherin: Prof. Dr. Lavinia Heisenberg, Universität Heidelberg

Kontakt: Prof. Dr. Kristina Giesel