Extended Theories of Gravitation

Lorenzo Fatibene; Marco Ferraris; Mauro Francaviglia; Guido Magnano

doi:10.1051/epjconf/20135802007

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EPJ Web of Conferences 58, 02007 (2013)
https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/20135802007

Observation Protocols and Experimental Tests

Lorenzo Fatibene¹^,2^a, Marco Ferraris¹^b, Mauro Francaviglia¹^,2^c and Guido Magnano¹^d

¹ Dipartimento di Matematica, University of Torino (Italy)
² INFN – Sez. Torino, Iniziativa Specifica Na12

^a e-mail: lorenzo.fatibene@unito.it
^b e-mail: marco.ferraris@unito.it
^c e-mail: mauro.francaviglia@unito.it
^d e-mail: guido.magnano@unito.it

Published online: 5 September 2013

Abstract

Within the framework of extended theories of gravitation we shall discuss physical equivalences among different formalisms and classical tests. As suggested by the Ehlers-Pirani-Schild framework, the conformal invariance will be preserved and its effect on observational protocols discussed. Accordingly, we shall review standard tests showing how Palatini f(R)-theories naturally passes solar system tests. Observation protocols will be discussed in this wider framework.

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