Cosmological theories of matter and dark energy

• Grant number: 11/11365-4
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Post-Doctoral
• Start date: November 01, 2011
• End date: October 31, 2013
• Field of knowledge: Physical Sciences and Mathematics - Physics - Elementary Particle Physics and Fields
• Principal Investigator: Elcio Abdalla
• Grantee: Michele Fontanini
• Host Institution: Instituto de Física (IF). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil
• Associated research grant: 06/07148-0 - Gravitation and Cosmology: Perturbation, Phenomenology and Exact Results, AP.TEM

Abstract

The research plan aims at dark matter and dark energy studies, involving various theoretical methods, such as higher derivative gravity or interaction with scalar fields and comparison with observations, mainly cosmic radiation background. (AU)

Scientific publications

(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

LE DELLIOU, MORGAN; MIMOSO, JOSE P.; MENA, FILIPE C.; FONTANINI, MICHELE; GUARIENTO, DANIEL C.; ABDALLA, ELCIO. Separating expansion and collapse in general fluid models with heat flux. Physical Review D, v. 88, n. 2, JUL 29 2013. (11/24089-5, 11/11365-4, 10/08267-8)

ABDALLA, ELCIO; AFSHORDI, NIAYESH; FONTANINI, MICHELE; GUARIENTO, DANIEL C.; PAPANTONOPOULOS, ELEFTHERIOS. Cosmological black holes from self-gravitating fields. Physical Review D, v. 89, n. 10, MAY 12 2014. (13/01854-3, 11/11365-4, 10/08267-8)