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In this letter we review the separate universe approach for cosmological perturbations and point out that it is essentially the lowest order approximation to a gradient expansion. Using this approach, one can study the nonlinear evolution…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 G. I. Rigopoulos , E. P. S. Shellard

In a spatially flat \ Friedmann--Lema\^{\i}tre--Robertson--Walker background space we consider a scalar-torsion gravitational model which has similar properties with the dilaton theory. This teleparallel model is invariant under a discrete…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2021-07-19 Andronikos Paliathanasis

New type of nonsingular oscillating solutions for the Universe described by cosmological equations of gauge theories of gravity is presented. Advantages of these solutions with respect to existing nonsingular solutions within framework of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 G. Vereshchagin

We study the physical propagating modes in a massive gravity model in curved cosmological backgrounds, which we have found as classical solutions in our previous paper. We show that, generically, there exist such the cosmological background…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-02-09 Masahiro Maeno , Ichiro Oda

In this study we explore the cosmological behavior of a non-minimally coupled scalar field that is linked to torsion gravity. We demonstrate the Sorkin-Schutz formalism with general power law teleparallel torsion coupling. The autonomous…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-04-08 S. A. Kadam

We consider cosmological models based on the scalar-torsion gravity implying non-minimal coupling between torsion and the scalar field with certain relations between model's parameters. Based on observational constraints on the values of…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-11-14 I. V. Fomin , S. V. Chervon , E. S. Dentsel

We have investigated the cosmological scenarios with a four dimensional effective action which is connected with multidimensional, supergravity and string theories. The solution for the scale factor is such that initially universe undergoes…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2014-11-17 A. A. Sen , S. Sen

We study a cosmological model based on the canonical Hamiltonian transformation theory. Using a linear-quadratic approach for the free gravitational De Donder-Weyl Hamiltonian $H_\mathrm{Gr}$, the model contains terms describing a…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-06-07 Johannes Kirsch , David Vasak , Armin van de Venn , Jürgen Struckmeier

The influence of space-time torsion on gravitational interaction at cosmological and astrophysical scales is discussed within the framework of gauge gravitation theory in Riemann-Cartan space-time. It is shown that the interaction of the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2017-09-27 A. V. Minkevich

Scalar-tensor theories are well studied extensions of general relativity that offer deviations which are yet within observational boundaries. We present the time evolution equations governing the perturbations of a nonrotating scalarized…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2021-07-06 Christian J. Krüger , Daniela D. Doneva

We study homogeneous cosmological models featuring shift-symmetric scalar fields (or, superfluids) in relative motion. In the presence of anisotropy this universe generally features rotation, in the sense that the principal axes of…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-11-24 Jose Beltrán Jiménez , Federico Piazza , Javier Vecino

The spectrum of oscillating compact objects can be considerably altered in alternative theories of gravity. In particular, it may be enriched by modes with no counterpart in general relativity, tied to the dynamics of additional degrees of…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2022-01-21 Raissa F. P. Mendes , Néstor Ortiz , Nikolaos Stergioulas

We study the evolution of cosmological perturbations, using a hybrid approximation scheme which upgrades the weak-field limit of Einstein's field equations to account for post-Newtonian scalar and vector metric perturbations and for…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Carmelita Carbone , Sabino Matarrese

We employ multiple-scale analysis to systematically derive analytical approximations describing the cosmological propagation of gravitational waves beyond general relativity, in a framework with two interacting spin-2 fields with…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-11-25 Marco de Cesare , Mairi Sakellariadou , Benjamin Sutton

Scalar-tensor theories of gravity that embrace conformal coupling to the scalar curvature are the focal point of cosmology on discussions of inflation and late-time accelerating universe. Although there exists a stringent nucleo-synthesis…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2022-04-26 M. Yoshimura

We investigate non-singular bounce and cyclic cosmological evolutions in a universe governed by the extended nonlinear massive gravity, in which the graviton mass is promoted to a scalar-field potential. The extra freedom of the theory can…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2012-11-05 Yi-Fu Cai , Caixia Gao , Emmanuel N. Saridakis

We consider a model belonging to the class of gravities with dynamical torsion. The model is free of ghosts and gradient instabilities about Minkowski and torsionless Einstein backgrounds. We find that at zero cosmological constant, the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2017-10-19 V. Nikiforova , S. Randjbar-Daemi , V. Rubakov

A surprising feature of our present four dimensional universe is that its evolution appears to be governed solely by spacetime curvature without any noticeable effect of spacetime torsion. In the present paper, we give a possible…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2019-09-04 Tanmoy Paul , Soumitra SenGupta

We consider the evolution of perturbed cosmological spacetime with multiple scalar fields in Einstein gravity. A complete set of scalar-type perturbation equations is presented in a gauge-ready form, and we derived the closed set of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 J. Hwang , H. Noh

The $f(T,T_G)$ class of gravitational modification, based on the quadratic torsion scalar $T$, as well as on the new quartic torsion scalar $T_G$ which is the teleparallel equivalent of the Gauss-Bonnet term, is a novel theory, different…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2014-08-19 Georgios Kofinas , Genly Leon , Emmanuel N. Saridakis