Thesis

Alternative theories of gravity and inflation

• Call:

  IDPASC Portugal - PHD Programme 2014

• Academic Year:

  2014 /2015

• Domain:

  Cosmology

• Supervisor:

  Orfeu Bertolami

• Co-Supervisor:

• Institution:

  Universidade do Porto

• Host Institution:

  Departamento de Física e Astronomia

• Abstract:

  Given the recent claim of the detection of primordial gravitational waves generated during inflation, it has become a pressing issue to examine whether these gravitational radiation does show unequivocal imprints of the gravity theory it has been originated by. The aim of this work is to consider alternative gravity theories and analyse the generated gravitational waves they give origin to during inflation.