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We present a model where early inflation and late accelerating expansion of the Universe are driven by the real and imaginary parts of a single complex scalar field, which we identified as inflaton and phantom field, respectively. This…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Abdel Pérez-Lorenzana , Merced Montesinos , Tonatiuh Matos

General relativity characterizes gravity as a geometric property exhibited on spacetime by massive objects while teleparallel gravity achieves the same results, at the level of equations, by taking a torsional perspective of gravity.…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2018-01-17 Soumya Chakrabarti , Jackson Levi Said , Gabriel Farrugia

The homogeneous and isotropic cosmological model in generalized $ f(R,T^\phi) $ theories associated with scalar field is discussed, which is motivated by the $ f(R,T) $ theory of gravity studied by Harko et al. \cite{Harko:2011kv,…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2022-12-27 J. K. Singh , Akanksha Singh , Shaily , J. Jena

We use dynamical system methods to explore the general behaviour of $f(T)$ cosmology. In contrast to the standard applications of dynamical analysis, we present a way to transform the equations into a one-dimensional autonomous system,…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2018-03-14 A. Awad , W. El Hanafy , G. G. L. Nashed , Emmanuel N. Saridakis

The present acceleration of the Universe strongly indicated by recent observational data can be modeled in the scope of a scalar-tensor theory of gravity. We show that it is possible to determine the structure of this theory (the scalar…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-10-31 B. Boisseau , G. Esposito-Farese , D. Polarski , A. A. Starobinsky

In $f(T)$ gravity, the theory modifies the gravitational action by introducing a function of the torsion scalar $T$. This approach allows for a different treatment of gravity than general relativity, particularly in cosmological contexts.…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-10-08 S. Davood Sadatian , S. Mohamad Reza Hosseini

Simple scalar field cosmological models are considered describing gravity assisted crossing of the phantom divide line. This crossing or (de)-phantomization characterized by the change of the sign of the kinetic term of the scalar field is…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2008-11-26 Alexander A. Andrianov , Francesco Cannata , Alexander Y. Kamenshchik

Starting from pure multidimensional gravity with curvature-nonlinear terms but no matter fields in the initial action, we obtain a cosmological model with two effective scalar fields related to the size of two extra factor spaces. The model…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2010-04-21 K. A. Bronnikov , S. G. Rubin , I. V. Svadkovsky

Modified theories of gravity have recently been studied by several authors as possibly viable alternatives to the cosmological concordance model. Such theories attempt to explain the accelerating expansion of the universe by changing the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2013-05-29 T. Multamaki , I. Vilja

A cosmological model with perfect fluid and self-interacting quintessence field is considered in the framework of the spatially flat Friedmann-Robertson-Walker (FRW) geometry. By assuming that all physical quantities depend on the volume…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-11-07 M. K. Mak , T. Harko

In this paper, we investigate and analyze the cosmological dynamics of the universe, with an effect of modified $f(R)$ gravity emerging at cosmological scale. We choose the Einstein frame as a physical frame. We consider phase portraits of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Daris Samart

We study the scalar curvature of spacelike hypersurfaces in the family of cosmological models known as generalized Robertson-Walker spacetimes, and give several rigidity results under appropriate mathematical and physical assumptions. On…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2016-03-23 Juan A. Aledo , Rafael M. Rubio

In this paper it has been shown that a simple functional form of $\omega(\phi)$ in a generalised scalar tensor theory can drive the present cosmic acceleration without any quintessence field or the cosmological constant $\Lambda$.…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-07-22 Narayan Banerjee , Koyel Ganguly

We develop the effective field theory approach to torsional modified gravities, a formalism that allows for the systematic investigation of the background and perturbation levels separately. Starting from the usual effective field theory…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2018-10-03 Chunlong Li , Yong Cai , Yi-Fu Cai , Emmanuel N. Saridakis

The paper deals with a dynamical system analysis related to phantom cosmological model . Here gravity is coupled to phantom scalar field having scalar coupling function and a potential. The field equations are reduced to an autonomous…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2014-04-25 Nilanjana Mahata , Subenoy Chakraborty

Modifications to gravity that add additional functions of the Ricci curvature to the Einstein-Hilbert action -- collectively known as $f(R)$ theories -- have been studied in great detail. When considered as complete theories of gravity they…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-02-20 Simon DeDeo , Dimitrios Psaltis

The background dynamical evolution of a universe filled with matter and a cosmological scalar field is analyzed employing dynamical system techniques. After the phenomenology of a canonical scalar field with exponential potential is…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2014-04-23 Nicola Tamanini

The presence of spinor fields is considered in the framework of some extensions of teleparallel gravity, where the Weitzenb\"ock connection is assumed. Some well known models as the Chaplygin gas and its generalizations are reconstructed in…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2013-11-22 Ratbay Myrzakulov , Diego Saez-Gomez , Petr Tsyba

We study a gravitational model in which scale transformations play the key role in obtaining dynamical $G$ and $\Lambda$. We take a scale non-invariant gravitational action with a cosmological constant and a gravitational coupling constant.…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-05-13 F. Darabi

$f(T)$ cosmology has shown promise in explaining aspects of cosmic evolution. In this work, we analyze constraints on leading models of $f(T)$ gravity in the context of the recently released Pantheon+ data set, together with comparisons…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-05-22 Rebecca Briffa , Celia Escamilla-Rivera , Jackson Levi Said , Jurgen Mifsud