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We investigate the cosmological aspects of the most general parity preserving Metric-Affine Gravity theory quadratic in torsion and non-metricity in the presence of a cosmological hyperfluid. The equations of motion are obtained by varying…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2022-01-13 Damianos Iosifidis , Lucrezia Ravera

In this work, a flat Friedmann-Robertson-Walker (FRW) universe with dust and a cosmological constant is quantized. By means of a canonical transformation, the classical Hamiltonian is reduced to that of either a harmonic oscillator or…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2010-05-12 Edésio M. Barboza , Nivaldo A. Lemos

The classical and quantum dynamics of the Friedmann-Robertson-Walker Universe with massless scalar and massive fermion matter field as a source is discussed in the framework of the Dirac generalized Hamiltonian formalism. The Hamiltonian…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-11-07 A. M. Khvedelidze , Yu. G. Palii

Modifications of general relativity provide an alternative explanation to dark energy for the observed acceleration of the universe. We review recent developments in modified gravity theories, focusing on higher dimensional approaches and…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-18 Bhuvnesh Jain , Justin Khoury

We study the evolution of a flat Friedmann-Robertson- Walker Universe, filled with a bulk viscous cosmological fluid, in the presence of variable gravitational and cosmological constants. The dimensional analysis of the model suggest a…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-09-25 J. A. Belinchon , T. Harko , M. K. Mak

It is shown that the decomposition theorems of York, Stewart and Walker for symmetric spatial second-rank tensors, such as the perturbed metric tensor and perturbed Ricci tensor, and the spatial fluid velocity vector imply that, for open,…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2021-03-09 P. G. Miedema

The conformal gravity remarkably boosts our prehension of gravity theories. We find a series of dynamical solutions in the $W^2$-conformal gravity, including generalized Schwarzschild-Friedmann-Robertson-Walker (GSFRW), charged generalized…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2017-06-28 Hongsheng Zhang , Yi Zhang , Xin-Zhou Li

We obtain the analogues of the Friedman equations in an emergent gravity scenario in the presence of dark energy. The background metric is taken to be Friedman-Lemaitre-Robertson-Walker (FLRW). We show that if $\dot\phi ^{2}$ is the dark…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-02-24 Debashis Gangopadhyay , Goutam Manna

We revisit the evolution of the scale factor in a flat FRW spacetime with a new generalized decay rule for the dynamic $\Lambda$-term under modified theories of gravity. It analyses certain cosmological parameters and examines their…

General Physics · Physics 2021-08-02 Anirudh Pradhan , De Avik , Tee How Loo , D. C. Maurya

In the standard Friedmann-Lema\^itre-Robertson-Walker (FLRW) spacetime, we consider a local cosmic test mass that is boosted in some direction relative to the standard comoving observers. The geodesic (Fermi) normal coordinate system…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-05-19 Bahram Mashhoon

Assuming a flat Friedmann-Robertson-Walker cosmology with a single perfect fluid, we propose a pressure-density ratio that evolves as a specific universal function of the scale parameter. We show that such a ratio can indeed be consistent…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2007-05-23 Golam Mortuza Hossain , Parthasarathi Majumdar

In this paper we study the corrections to the Friedmann equations due to fast fluctuations of the universe scale factor. Such fast quantum fluctuations were recently proposed as a potential solution of the cosmological constant problem.…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2021-05-28 Igor I. Smolyaninov

In the context of Brans-Dicke scalar tensor theory of gravitation, the cosmological Friedmann equation which relates the expansion rate $H$ of the universe to the various fractions of energy density is analyzed rigorously. It is shown that…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2008-11-26 M. Arik , M. C. Calik , M. B. Sheftel

Based on the relationship between thermodynamics and gravity we propose, with the aid of Verlinde's formalism, an alternative interpretation of the dynamical evolution of the Friedmann-Robertson-Walker Universe. This description takes into…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2016-08-31 Rafael C. Nunes , Edésio M. Barboza , Everton M. C. Abreu , Jorge Ananias Neto

We study new FRW type cosmological models of modified gravity treated on the background of Palatini approach. These models are generalization of Einstein gravity by the presence of a scalar field non-minimally coupled to the curvature. The…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2012-03-13 A. Borowiec , M. Kamionka , A. Kurek , M. Szydlowski

The present paper deals with the dynamics of spatially flat Friedmann-Lemaitre-Robertson-Walker (FLRW) cosmological model with a time varying cosmological constant $\Lambda$ where $\Lambda$ evolves with the cosmic time (t) through the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2022-10-19 Chingtham Sonia , S. Surendra Singh

We set up the Wheeler-DeWitt (WDW) equation for late gravitational collapse. The fact that the gravitational collapse and the expanding/ collapsing universe can be described within the realm of the Robertson-Walker metric renders the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-09-10 Davide Batic , Marek Nowakowski , Neelima Govind Kelkar

This paper presents a compelling argument for the physical light speed in the homogeneous and isotropic Friedman-Lemaitre-Robertson-Walker (FLRW) universe to vary with the cosmic time coordinate t of FLRW. It will be variable when the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2013-07-23 Robert C. Fletcher

We study a classical, noncommutative (NC), Friedmann-Robertson-Walker cosmological model. The spatial sections may have positive, negative or zero constant curvatures. The matter content is a generic perfect fluid. The initial…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2016-02-12 G. A. Monerat , E. V. Corrêa Silva , C. Neves , G. Oliveira-Neto , L. G. Rezende Rodrigues , M. Silva de Oliveira

This paper is devoted to explore modified $f(\mathcal{R})$ theories of gravity using Noether symmetry approach. For this purpose, Friedmann-Robertson-Walker spacetime is chosen to investigate the cosmic evolution. The study is mainly…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2020-02-21 M. Farasat Shamir