Orfeu Bertolami
Departamento de Física e Astronomia, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade do Porto

Abstract
Our knowledge of the Universe is eminently based on the theory of general relativity (GR). If from one hand, solar system data is in good agreement of the theory, available cosmological evidence on the other, is consistent with GR provided one assumes the existence of dark energy and dark matter. We shall discuss the evidence on the existence of these entities as well as on a putative interaction between dark energy to dark matter.
We shall also present a new version of f(R) gravity models with a non-minimal coupling between curvature and matter and discuss some of its implications.

2011 January 26, 13:30

IA/U.Porto
Centro de Astrofísica da Universidade do Porto (Auditorium)
Rua das Estrelas, 4150-762 Porto