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Effective field theory reproducing the MOND phenomenology based on a non-Abelian Yang-Mills graviphoton

Motivated by the phenomenology of MOND, we propose a theory based on a fundamental non Abelian Yang-Mills gauge field with gravitational coupling constant (a "graviphoton") emerging in a regime of weak acceleration, i.e. below the MOND acceleration scale. Using the formalism of the effective field theory and invoking a mechanism of gravitational polarization of the dark matter medium, we show that generic solutions of this theory reproduce the deep MOND limit without having to introduce in an ad hoc way an arbitrary function in the action.

Gravitational Wave Precision Observables and Waveforms from Scattering Amplitudes

In recent years, Scattering Amplitudes methods, developed for computations in relativistic Quantum Field Theories, have been applied to compute observables which are relevant for the generation of Gravitational Wave templates. In the first part of the talk, I will give a review of recent achievements. In the second part of the talk, I will talk about new attempts to compute gravitational waveforms directly from Amplitudes, their matching to classical results from General Relativity and ongoing developments.

Identifying supermassive binary black holes in blazar centers with a jet precession model

Abstract: Blazars are among the most powerful objects in the Universe. These active galactic nuclei launch a relativistic jet that is viewed under a small inclination angle from Earth. They are characterized by a high time variability along the whole electromagnetic spectrum, reaching from scales of minutes to years. Is the time period between such blazar flares declining, then they can be caused by jet precession in an inspiraling supermassive binary black hole at the blazar center.
 

Weyl-invariant Einstein-Cartan gravity: unifying the strong CP and hierarchy puzzles

 We show that the minimal Weyl-invariant Einstein-Cartan gravity in combination with the Standard Model of particle physics contains just one extra scalar degree of freedom (in addition to the graviton and the Standard Model fields) with the properties of an axion-like particle which can solve the strong CP-problem. The smallness of this particle's mass as well as of the cosmological constant is ensured by tiny values of the gauge coupling constants of the local Lorentz group.

Microcausality without Lorentz invariance

I will describe how causality implies certain non-perturbative analyticity and exponential boundedness conditions on correlators of relativistic QFTs, in a mixed (t,k) representation. I will then discuss their implications for correlators in Lorentz-breaking backgrounds, including finite-density states and cosmological spacetimes, and show how they can be used to derive a positivity condition on inflationary theories. Along the way, I will compare with the case of S-matrix positivity in flat space Lorentz-invariant theories.

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