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It is shown here that a dynamical Planck mass can drive the scale factor of the universe to accelerate. The negative pressure which drives the cosmic acceleration is identified with the unusual kinetic energy density of the Planck field. No…

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In the Einstein-Cartan space $U_4$, an axial vector torsion together with a scalar field connected to a local scale factor have been considered. By combining two particular terms from the SO(4,1) Pontryagin density and then modifying it in…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2007-05-23 Prasanta Mahato

We study the cosmology of the Randall-Sundrum brane-world where the Einstein-Hilbert action is modified by curvature correction terms: a four-dimensional scalar curvature from induced gravity on the brane, and a five-dimensional…

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We investigate torsion-driven cosmological dynamics within the framework of Einstein-Cartan gravity using the De Donder-Weyl Hamiltonian formalism, where the tetrad and Lorentz connection act as independent variables and the Hamiltonian…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-02-18 Aarav Shah , M. Yu. Khlopov , M. Krasnov

The evolution of universe in Brans-Dicke (BD) theory is discussed in this paper. Considering a parameterized scenario for BD scalar field $\phi=\phi_{0}a^{\alpha}$ which plays the role of gravitational "constant" $G$, we apply the Markov…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2011-10-14 Jianbo Lu , Weiping Wang , Lixin Xu , Yabo Wu

We analyze solutions to Friedmann-Robertson-Walker cosmologies in Brans-Dicke theory, where a scalar field is coupled to gravity. Matter is modelled by a $\gamma$-law perfect fluid, including false-vacuum energy as a special case. Through a…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2011-07-19 Shawn J. Kolitch , Douglas M. Eardley

We study cosmological perturbations arising from thermal fluctuations in the big-bounce cosmology in the Einstein-Cartan-Sciama-Kibble theory of gravity. We show that such perturbations cannot have a scale-invariant spectrum if fermionic…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2012-01-05 Nikodem J. Poplawski

A theoretical model of cosmic expansion has been formulated on an assumption of inter-conversion of matter and dark energy, in the framework of Brans-Dicke theory. An empirical scale factor has been used, which generates a signature flip of…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2017-11-07 Sudipto Roy , Dibyajyoti Laha , Argho Aranya Sangma , Indrani Pal

We discuss the notion of generating a cosmic inflation without any big bang singularity. It has been proved recently by Good and Linder (arXiv : 2503.02380v1) that such an expansion of the universe can be driven by quantum fluctuations…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-08-12 Soumya Chakrabarti

A spinning fluid embedded in a space section flat Friedmann model is used to compute the cosmological density perturbation of the model.The spinning fluid obeys the Einstein-Cartan field equations while the Friedmann embedded model is…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 L. C. Garcia de Andrade

The universe is a vast and complex system, and our understanding of its fundamental workings is constantly evolving. In this work, we present a novel modification to the standard theory of gravity by incorporating curvature, torsion,…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-08-07 Davood Momeni , Ratbay Myrzakulov

We demonstrate the existence of shear-free cosmological models with rotation and expansion which support the inflationary scenarios. The corresponding metrics belong to the family of spatially homogeneous models with the geometry of the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-11-07 Yuri N. Obukhov , Thoralf Chrobok , Mike Scherfner

In the field equations of Einstein-Cartan theory with cosmological constant a static spherically symmetric perfect fluid with spin density satisfying the Weyssenhoff restriction is considered. This serves as a rough model of space filled…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2007-05-23 Christian G. Boehmer

We construct a theory of gravity in which a propagating massive vector field arises from a quadratic curvature invariant. The Einstein-Cartan formulation and a partial suppression of torsion ensure the absence of ghost and strong-coupling…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2024-01-18 Will Barker , Sebastian Zell

The first comprehensive analyses of Planck data reveal that the cosmological model with dark energy and cold dark matter can satisfactorily explain the essential physical features of the expanding Universe. However, the inability to…

General Physics · Physics 2014-05-15 Davor Palle

As one of the possible extensions of Einstein's General Theory of Relativity, it has been recently suggested that the presence of spacetime torsion could solve problems of the very early and the late-time universe undergoing accelerating…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2024-02-19 Tonghua Liu , Ziqiang Liu , Jiamin Wang , Shengnan Gong , Man Li , Shuo Cao

In this work we have studied the possibility of obtaining cosmic acceleration in Brans-Dicke theory with varying or constant $\omega$ (Brans- Dicke parameter) and with or without self-interacting potential, the background fluid being…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-11-13 Writambhara Chakraborty , Ujjal Debnath

The spin-torsion theory is a gauge theory approach to gravity that expands upon Einstein's general relativity (GR) by incorporating the spin of microparticles. In this study, we further develop the spin-torsion theory to examine spherically…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-09-06 Da-Ming Chen , Lin Wang

The Einstein-Cartan-Kibble-Sciama ({\sf ECKS}) theory of gravity naturally extends Einstein\rq{}s general relativity ({\sf GR}) to include intrinsic angular momentum (spin) of matter. The main feature of this theory consists of an algebraic…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2018-06-04 Hamid Shabani , Amir Hadi Ziaie