GR 20 Parallel Session A3: Modified Gravity

TL;DR

This conference session covers diverse aspects of modified gravity, including theoretical models, anomalies, and gravitational wave detection, highlighting recent advances and observational prospects in the field.

Contribution

It compiles a broad spectrum of recent research on modified gravity, from theoretical foundations to experimental detection methods.

Findings

Analysis of thermodynamics of universal horizons in Einstein-Aether theory

Investigation of conformal anomalies in Horava-Lifshitz gravity

Assessment of scalar gravitational-wave detectability with LIGO and Virgo

Abstract

This is the contribution representing Parallel Session A3, on Modified Gravity, in the Proceedings of the GR 20 Conference (July 2013, Warszawa, Poland). It consists of three invited chapters, selected by the Session Chair (P.H.) to represent the broad spectrum of topics discussed in the Session, which ranged from theoretical and phenomenological, to experimental, observational and numerical aspects of gravity. The three chapters are "Einstein-Aether Theory: Thermodynamics of Universal Horizons" by Arif Mohd, "The Curious Case of Conformal Anomalies in Horava-Lifshitz Gravity" by Charles M. Melby-Thompson, and "Detectability of Scalar Gravitational-Wave Bursts with LIGO and Virgo" by Peter Shawhan.