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AT1 - Extended Theories of Gravity and Quantum Cosmology

Speaker

Clifton, Timothy

Coauthors

Dunsby, Peter K. S.

Talk Title

Embedding Non-Linear Structures In f(R) Cosmologies

Abstract

When using Einstein's equations, there exist a number of techniques for embedding non-linear structures in cosmological backgrounds. These include Swiss cheese models, in which spherically symmetric vacua are patched onto Friedmann solutions, and lattice models, in which weak-field regions are joined together directly. In this talk we will consider how these methods work in f(R) theories of gravity. We will show that their existence places constraints on the large-scale expansion of the universe, and that it may not always be possible to consider the Friedmann solutions and weak-field solutions of a theory independently from each other.

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