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We present a novel theory of the very early universe which addresses the traditional horizon and flatness problems of big bang cosmology and predicts a scale invariant spectrum of perturbations. Unlike inflation, this scenario requires no…
We search for viable f(R) theories of gravity, making use of the equivalence between such theories and scalar-tensor gravity. We find that models can be made consistent with solar system constraints either by giving the scalar a high mass…
Although equivalent to general relativity, teleparallel gravity is conceptually speaking a completely different theory. In this theory, the gravitational field is described by torsion, not by curvature. By working in this context, a new…
We study the massive scalar field equation $\Box_g \phi = m^2 \phi$ on a stationary and spherically symmetric black hole $g$ (including in particular the Schwarzschild and Reissner--Nordstr\"om black holes in the full sub-extremal range)…
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