Universität Heidelberg
Physics and Astronomy
The main goal of this paper is to get in a straightforward form the field equations in metric f (R) gravity, using elementary variational principles and adding a boundary term in the action, instead of the usual treatment in an equivalent... more
In this paper we study the Geodesic Deviation Equation (GDE) in metric f(R) gravity. We start giving a brief introduction of the GDE in General Relativity in the case of the standard cosmology. Next we generalize the GDE for metric f(R)... more
From the galaxy power spectrum in redshift space, we derive semi-analytical results on the generic degeneracy of galaxy clustering measurements. Defining the observables A=Gbσ8 and R=Gfσ8, (being G the growth function, b the bias, f the... more
The actual accelerated expansion of the universe continues being a mystery in physics. Some models had been proposed for this explanations, among them the dark energy, which however has problems of experimental character as well as... more
The effective anisotropic stress $\eta= −\Phi/\Psi is a key variable in the characterisation of the physical origin of the dark energy. It is however important to use a fully model-independent approach when measuring to avoid... more
We suggest using net-baryon rapidity distributions in central relativistic heavy-ion collisions at energies reached at the CERN Super Proton Synchrotron, BNL Relativistic Heavy-Ion Collider (RHIC), and CERN LHC in order to probe... more
Heavy-ion collisions at relativistic energy have been investigated for many years at various experimental facilities such as the Berkeley Bevalac, the CERN synchrotron SPS, and the Brookhaven relativistic heavy-ion collider RHIC [1]. At... more
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Ein internationales Forscherteam hat die bisher größte dreidimensionale Karte der kosmischen Verteilung Dunkler Materie erstellt. Da Dunkle Materie bisher direkter Beobachtung nicht zugänglich ist, nutzen sie dazu den sogenannten... more
Der Urknall fand, wie wir mit bisher unerreichter Genauigkeit aus den Daten des WMAP-Satelliten zur kosmischen Hintergrundstrahlung wissen, vor 13,7 Milliarden Jahren statt. Seitdem expandiert das Universum und kühlt sich ab: Heute hat... more
Fr 11:15-13 gHS Ph12; Voraussetzungen: QM-Vorlesung (kann im selben Semester gehört werden) Inhalt: Klein-Gordon-Gleichung; Dirac-Gleichung; Invarianzen der Dirac-Gleichung; Interpretation der Operatoren und einfache Lösungen; Bewegung im... more
trat das Team des Neutrinodetektors OPERA mit einer sensationellen Nachricht an die Öffentlichkeit. Der in einem Untergrundlabor im italienischen Gran--Sasso--Massiv installierte Detektor misst Myon--Neutrinos, die am... more