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In the Friedmann cosmology the deceleration of the expansion $q$ plays a fundamental role. We derive the deceleration as a function of redshift $q(z)$ in two scenarios: $\Lambda$CDM model and modified Chaplygin gas ($MCG$) model. The…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2011-05-12 Alan M. Velásquez-Toribio , Maria Luíza Bedran

We examine the observational viability of a class of $f(\mathcal{R})$ gravity cosmological models. Particular attention is devoted to constraints from the recent observational determination of the redshift of the cosmological…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-06-19 Salvatore Capozziello , Omer Farooq , Orlando Luongo , Bharat Ratra

We present a generalized phenomenological parameterization of the deceleration parameter $q(z)$ that incorporates an effective radiative component (ERC) in addition to a localized late-time contribution. The proposed framework extends…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2026-04-28 Tomás Verdugo , Alberto Hernández-Almada , Miguel A. García-Aspeitia , Juan Magaña , Verónica Motta

Determination of the expansion and acceleration history of the universe is one of the fundamental goals of cosmology. Detailed measurements of these rates as a function of redshift can provide new physical insights into the nature and…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Ruth A. Daly , S. G. Djorgovski

The cosmic deceleration parameter $q$ has been reconstructed in a non-parametric way using various combinations of recent observational datasets. The Pantheon compilation of the Supernova (SN) distance modulus data, the Cosmic Chronometer…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2022-03-16 Purba Mukherjee , Narayan Banerjee

We revisit the epoch of cosmic speed-up characterized by the redshift of transition from a decelerated to an accelerated phase. This redshift is termed the transition redshift ($z_t$). We use the spatially Flat and Non-Flat variants of the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2023-08-02 David Dahiya , Deepak Jain

We explore the late time cosmological dynamics of the Universe within the framework of $f(Q,\mathcal{L}_{m})$ gravity by considering the specific form $f(Q, \mathcal{L}_m)=-Q+2\mathcal{L}_m+\gamma$. To describe the cosmic pressure…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-08-08 Amit Samaddar , S. Surendra Singh

In this paper, the dynamical behavior of the accelerated expansion of the universe is discussed within the framework of $f(T)$ gravity, considering power law functional form of $ f(T)=\alpha (-T)^{n}$. Two distinct redshift-dependent…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-08-29 Shivank Pal , Romanshu Garg , Gyan Prakash Singh , Gauree Shanker

In this paper, we use the Cosmokinematics approach to study the accelerated expansion of the Universe. This is a model independent approach and depends only on the assumption that the Universe is homogeneous and isotropic and is described…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2016-01-06 Nisha Rani , Deepak Jain , Shobhit Mahajan , Amitabha Mukherjee , Nilza Pires

We study the accelerated expansion phase of the universe by using the {\textit{kinematic approach}}. In particular, the deceleration parameter $q$ is parametrized in a model-independent way. Considering a generalized parametrization for…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2018-10-22 Abdulla Al Mamon , Kazuharu Bamba

This work examines the cosmological implications of two functional forms of $f(R,T) = R + \alpha T^n$ gravity: for two different value of $n $ where $n=1$ and $n\neq 1$, and $\alpha$ and $n$ are free parameters. The modified Friedmann…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2026-02-24 Mustapha Lamaaoune

In this study, we have explored a transitioning cosmological model of universe's expansion in $f(R,\mathcal{L}_{m})$ gravity. The quadratic type of equation of state parameter in the form $\omega=-1 + \alpha (1 + z) + \beta (1 + z)^2$,…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-04-16 Vinod Kumar Bhardwaj , Saibal Ray

We compile a complete collection of reliable Hubble parameter $H(z)$ data to redshift $z \leq 2.36$ and use them with the Gaussian Process method to determine continuous $H(z)$ functions for various data subsets. From these continuous…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2018-04-04 Hai Yu , Bharat Ratra , Fa-Yin Wang

A Friedmann like cosmological model in Einstein-Cartan framework is studied when the torsion function is assumed to be proportional to a single $\phi(t)$ function coming just from the spin vector contribution of ordinary matter. By…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2019-11-21 S. H. Pereira , R. de C. Lima , J. F. Jesus , R. F. L. Holanda

We investigate the prospects for determining the accelerating history of the Universe from upcoming measurements of the expansion rate $H(z)$. In our analyses, we use Monte Carlo simulations based on $w$CDM models to generate samples with…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2012-04-22 J. C. Carvalho , J. S. Alcaniz

We compile an updated list of 38 measurements of the Hubble parameter $H(z)$ between redshifts $0.07 \leq z \leq 2.36$ and use them to place constraints on model parameters of constant and time-varying dark energy cosmological models, both…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2017-01-25 Omer Farooq , Foram Madiyar , Sara Crandall , Bharat Ratra

We have probed a cosmological model in $f(R)$-gravity, which is a cubic equation in scalar curvature $R$. The terms arise due to nonlinear $f(R)$ function are treated as energy due to curvature inspired geometry. As a result, we find…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-05-03 G. K. Goswami , Rita Rani , Harshna Balhara , J. K. Singh

In this paper, three kinds of simple parameterized deceleration parameters $q(z)=a+\frac{b z}{1+z}$, $q(z)=a+\frac{b z}{(1+z)^2}$ and $q(z)={1/2}+\frac{a z+b}{(1+z)^2}$ are reconstructed from the latest Sne Ia Gold dataset, observational…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Lixin Xu , Chengwu Zhang , Baorong Chang , Hongya Liu

By incorporating the curvature $\Omega_k$ as a free parameter, it has been found that the tension between the high redshift CMB shift parameter $R(z^{\ast})$ data and the low redshift SNIa and BAO data from the combination of SDSS and…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-12 Jianmang Lin , Puxun Wu , Hongwei Yu

The expansion rate of the Universe changes with time, initially slowing (decelerating) when the universe was matter dominated, because of the mutual gravitational attraction of all the matter in it, and more recently speeding up…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2013-09-17 Muhammad Omer Farooq
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