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It is shown that so-called dark energy could possible be a manifestation of the gravitational vortex producing the "gravitomagnetic" (GM) force field: associated with cosmic matter rotation and inertial spacetime frame dragging. The general…

General Physics · Physics 2018-01-24 Reva Kay Williams

The discovery of cosmic acceleration has presented a unique challenge for cosmologists. As observational cosmology forges ahead, theorists have struggled to make sense of a standard model that requires extreme fine tuning. This challenge is…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2009-09-02 Chanda Prescod-Weinstein , Niayesh Afshordi , Michael L. Balogh

We consider a simplified model of quantum gravity using a mini-superspace description of an isotropic and homogeneous universe with dust. We derive the corresponding Friedmann equations for the scale factor, which now contain a dependence…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2020-04-03 Thibaut Demaerel , Christian Maes , Ward Struyve

After a short history of the $\Lambda$-term it is explained why the (effective) cosmological constant is expected to obtain contributions from short-distance-physics, corresponding to an energy scale of at least 100 GeV. The actual tiny…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 N. Straumann

In a previous paper (Ref. [1]) the presence of dark energy in our universe was explained as the fingerprint of a comprehensive, much older and expanding multiverse with positive spatial curvature, whose space-time is spanned by this energy,…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2018-09-06 Rebhan Eckhard

We present an exact solution to the equations of massive gravity that displays cosmological constant-like behavior for any spherically symmetric distribution of matter, including arbitrary time dependence. On this solution, the new degrees…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2012-11-22 Pierre Gratia , Wayne Hu , Mark Wyman

In present paper the gravitational effect of spontaneous symmetry breaking vacuum energy density is investigated by subtracting the flat space-time contribution from the energy in the curved space-time. We found that the remain effective…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-05-30 Kang Zhou , Rui-Hong Yue , Zhan-Ying Yang , De-Cheng Zou

In order to explain the Late-times accelerated expansion of the Universe we must appeal to some form of Dark Energy. In the standard model of cosmology, the latter is interpreted as a Cosmological Constant $\Lambda$. However, for a number…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2021-02-18 Leonardo Giani

We propose that complex symmetry gravitational theory (CSGT) explain the accelerating expansion of universe. In this paper universe is taken as the double complex symmetric space. Cosmological solution is obtained within CSGT. The…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Ying Shao , Yuan-xing Gui , Wei Wang

I argue that a solution to the cosmological constant problem is to assume that the expectation value of the quantum vacuum stress-energy tensor is proportional to the metric tensor with a negative energy density and positive pressure. This…

General Physics · Physics 2018-05-09 Emilio Santos

The concept of the scalar graviton as the source of the dark matter and dark energy of the gravitaional origin is applied to study the evolution of the isotropic homogeneous Universe. A realistic self-consistent solution to the modified…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2008-11-26 Yu. F. Pirogov

It is proposed that dark energy may become dominant over standard matter due to universe expansion (curvature decrease). Two models: non-linear gravity-matter system and modified gravity may provide the effective phantom or effective…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Shin'ichi Nojiri , Sergei D. Odintsov

Attractor solutions that give dynamical reasons for dark energy to act like the cosmological constant, or behavior close to it, are interesting possibilities to explain cosmic acceleration. Coupling the scalar field to matter or to gravity…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-03-17 Jorge L. Cervantes-Cota , Roland de Putter , Eric V. Linder

We generalize tensor-scalar theories of gravitation by the introduction of an abnormally weighting type of energy. This theory of tensor-scalar anomalous gravity is based on a relaxation of the weak equivalence principle that is now…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-18 J. -M. Alimi , A. Fuzfa

Modern astronomical observations in cosmology provide increasingly strong evidence that the expansion of the Universe is accelerating. Explanations of the cosmic acceleration within the framework of general relativity use the hypothesis…

General Physics · Physics 2015-04-10 I. K. Rozgacheva , A. A. Agapov

A phenomenological formalism is presented in which the apparent acceleration of the universe is generated by large-scale structure formation, thus eliminating the coincidence and magnitude fine-tuning problems of the Cosmological Constant…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2012-06-14 Brett Bochner

I show that a generic quantum phenomenon can drive cosmic acceleration without the need for dark energy or modified gravity. When treating the universe as a quantum system, one typically focuses on the scale factor (of an FRW spacetime) and…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2019-09-13 Luke M. Butcher

Observations of distant supernovae indicate that the Universe is now in a phase of accelerated expansion the physical cause of which is a mystery. Formally, this requires the inclusion of a term acting as a negative pressure in the…

Observationally, the universe appears virtually critical. Yet, there is no simple explanation for this state. In this article we advance and explore the premise that the dynamics of the universe always seeks equilibrium conditions.…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2007-05-23 Manasse R. Mbonye

Homogeneous cosmological solutions are obtained in five dimensional space time assuming equations of state $ p = k\rho $ and $ p_{5}= \gamma\rho$ where p is the isotropic 3 - pressure and $p_{5}$, that for the fifth dimension. Using…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-11-11 D. Panigrahi , Y. Z. Zhang , S. Chatterjee