Semiclassical Predictions of the Preinflationary Era, and Limits on f(R,T) Gravity
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- title
- Semiclassical Predictions of the Preinflationary Era, and Limits on f(R,T) Gravity
- author
- Ordines, Taylor Mathew
- abstract
- This dissertation investigates constraints on the physical applicability of the $f(R,T)$ theory of modified gravity and two predictions of semiclassical gravity on the preinflationary era of our Universe.
- subject
- Cosmic microwave background
- Inflation
- Modified gravity
- Preinflationary era
- Quantum field theory
- Semiclassical gravity
- contributor
- Carlson, Eric D (advisor)
- Raynor, Sarah G (committee member)
- Anderson, Paul R (committee member)
- Cook, Gregory B (committee member)
- Salsbury Jr., Freddie R (committee member)
- date
- 2023-01-24T09:35:35Z (accessioned)
- 2023-01-24T09:35:35Z (available)
- 2022 (issued)
- degree
- Physics (discipline)
- identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10339/101765 (uri)
- language
- en (iso)
- publisher
- Wake Forest University
- type
- Dissertation