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We study and derive the energy conditions in generalized non-local gravity, which is the modified theory of general relativity (GR) obtained by adding a term $m^{2n-2}R\Box^{-n}R$ to the Einstein-Hilbert action. Moreover, in order to get…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2017-08-02 Ya-Bo Wu , Xue Zhang , Bo-Hai Chen , Nan Zhang , Meng-Meng Wu

We discuss the modified gravity which includes negative and positive powers of the curvature and which provides the gravitational dark energy. It is shown that in GR plus the term containing negative power of the curvature the cosmic…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-09-17 M. C. B. Abdalla , Shin'ichi Nojiri , Sergei D. Odintsov

Our paper introduces a new theoretical framework called the Fractional Einstein--Gauss--Bonnet scalar field cosmology, which has important physical implications. Using fractional calculus to modify the gravitational action integral, we…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2024-12-12 Bayron Micolta-Riascos , Alfredo D. Millano , Genly Leon , Byron Droguett , Esteban González , Juan Magaña

In this paper, we have presented the cosmological model of the Universe that represents late time cosmic acceleration in torsion based gravitational theory, the $f(T)$ gravity. A well motivated parametrization for the Hubble parameter has…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-11-04 Suraj Kumar Behera , Pratik P. Ray , B. Mishra

The fundamental nature and origin of dark energy are one of the premier mysteries of theoretical physics. In General Relativity Theory, the cosmological constant $\Lambda$ is the simplest explanation for dark energy. On the other hand, the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2022-05-27 Raja Solanki , Avik De , Sanjay Mandal , P. K. Sahoo

Modified gravity theories have received increased attention lately due to combined motivation coming from high-energy physics, cosmology and astrophysics. Among numerous alternatives to Einstein's theory of gravity, theories which include…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2014-11-18 Thomas P. Sotiriou , Valerio Faraoni

We discuss the cosmological reconstruction in modified Gauss-Bonnet and F(R) gravities. Two alternative representations of the action (with and without auxiliary scalar) are considered. The approximate description of…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2014-11-20 Shin'ichi Nojiri , Sergei D. Odintsov , Alexey Toporensky , Petr Tretyakov

We investigate cosmological perturbations of f(G) gravity in the presence of a scalar field. Using the 1 + 3 covariant formalism, we present the energy overdensity perturbation equations responsible for large scale structure formation.…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-12-27 Albert Munyeshyaka , Joseph Ntahompagaze , Tom Mutabazi , Manasse. R Mbonye

We consider a physically viable cosmological model that has a field dependent Gauss-Bonnet coupling in its effective action, in addition to a standard scalar field potential. The presence of such terms in the four dimensional effective…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2008-11-26 Ishwaree P Neupane , Benedict M N Carter

The modified gravity, which eliminates the need for dark energy and which seems to be stable, is considered. The terms with positive powers of the curvature support the inflationary epoch while the terms with negative powers of the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2008-11-26 Shin'ichi Nojiri , Sergei D. Odintsov

Over the past decade, f(R) theories have been extensively studied as one of the simplest modifications to General Relativity. In this article we review various applications of f(R) theories to cosmology and gravity - such as inflation, dark…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2013-11-12 Antonio De Felice , Shinji Tsujikawa

We present modified Gauss-Bonnet gravity without matter in four dimensions which accommodates flat emergent universe (EU) obtained in Einstein's general theory of gravity with a non-linear equation of state. The EU model is interesting…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2020-08-04 B. C. Paul , S. D. Maharaj , A. Beesham

In recent years, modifications to General Relativity (GR) have been explored to address cosmological observations, particularly in the context of late-time cosmic acceleration. Among these, modifications based on the Teleparallel Equivalent…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-08-29 Saurabh Verma , Archana Dixit , Anirudh Pradhan , M. S. Barak

Cosmological consequences of a string-motivated dark energy scenario featuring a scalar field coupled to the Gauss-Bonnet invariant are investigated. We study the evolution of the universe in such a model, identifying its key properties.…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Tomi Koivisto , David F. Mota

In the era of precision cosmology, different observational data has led to precise measurements of the Hubble constant that differ significantly, what has been called the Hubble tension problem. In order to solve such a discrepancy, many…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-04-18 Shin'ichi Nojiri , Sergei D. Odintsov , Diego Sáez-Chillón Gómez

The $f(R)$ Modified Gravity is a modification of Einstein's general theory of relativity, which aims to explain issues beyond The Standard Model of Cosmology such as dark energy and dark matter. As a theory of gravitation that govern major…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-01-02 Ishfahani Rusyda , Romy H. S. Budhi

The problem of explaining the acceleration of the expansion of the universe and the observational and theoretical difficulties associated with dark matter and dark energy are discussed. The possibility that Einstein gravity does not…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 J. W. Moffat

We present an exponential $F(R)$ modified gravity model in the Jordan and the Einstein frame. We use a general approach in order to investigate and demonstrate the viability of the model. Apart from the general features that this models…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-06-15 V. K. Oikonomou

We propose, in a heuristic way, a relativistic modified gravity model as an alternative to particle dark matter at galactic scales. The model is based on a postulated preferred time foliation described by a dynamical scalar field called the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-05-28 Luc Blanchet , Sylvain Marsat

In this letter, we consider the possibility of reconciling metric theories of gravitation with violation of the conservation of energy-momentum. Under some circumstances, this can be achieved in the context of unimodular gravity, and it…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2017-01-18 Thibaut Josset , Alejandro Perez , Daniel Sudarsky