Dane Pittock with Claudia de Rahm

Modified gravity on solar system scales

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During his senior project, Dane Pittock will explore effects of Modified Gravity on Solar System scales. Infrared modifications of gravity are typically expected to modify Newton’s law and on very large distance scales, but such theories usually come hand in hand with additional degrees of freedom which could already provide smoking gun signatures on much smaller distance scales. Dane Pittock will pay special attention to the effects of the acceleration of the Universe on small distance scales.