CENTRA's researcher Stefano Camera, in collaboration with Atsushi Nishizawa, from Kyoto University (Japan), has recently demonstrated that gravitational waves could be used to study cosmology beyond our current model and even test deviations from general relativity.  These results have just been published in the prestigious Physical Review Letters.

In recent years, the field of alternative theories of gravity has been very active. The plethora of proposed modified theories, the challenge in conceiving new experiments, and the corresponding difficulty of probing unexplored regimes where new physics might be revealed, call for a joint effort within the community.

The workshop Strong Gravity beyond GR: from theory to observations will be held at Instituto Superior Técnico (IST) in Lisbon, from 5-8 March 2013. It will bring together leading experts in the area in a highly interactive workshop, with thorough presentations and plenty of time for discussion.