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The expansion of the Universe in $f(R,T)$ gravity is studied. We consider functions of the form $f(R,T)=R+\lambda T^\epsilon$ where $\epsilon<1$. We find that for all models with $\epsilon<0$, the Universe transitions to exponential growth…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-03-26 Vincent R. Siggia , Eric D. Carlson , P. Lee Pryor

In this paper, we have emphasized the stability analysis of the accelerating cosmological models obtained in $f(T)$ gravity theory. The behavior of the models based on the evolution of the equation of state parameter shows phantom-like…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2022-05-25 L. K. Duchaniya , Santosh V Lohakare , B. Mishra , S. K. Tripathy

We study FRW cosmology for scalar tensor theory where two scalar functions nonminimally coupled to the geometry and matter Lagrangian. In a framework to study stability and attractor solutions of the model in the phase space, we…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2011-11-22 Hossein Farajollahi , Amin Salehi , Mohammad Nasiri

The main objective of this article is to investigate the viability of bouncing cosmological scenarios using different forms of scale factors with perfect matter configuration in the framework of extended symmetric teleparallel theory. This…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-07-31 M. Zeeshan Gul , M. Sharif , Shamraiza Shabbir

Two parameters scale factor leading to bouncing cosmology is considered. We show that at some model parameters we obtain the deceleration parameter $q_0\approx -0.535$ at the current epoch which is in agreement with the Planck data. The…

General Physics · Physics 2026-05-18 S. I. Kruglov

The $f(Q,C)$ theory, which extends symmetric teleparallel gravity by including the boundary term $C$ in addition to the non-metricity scalar $Q$, provides a unifying framework that encompasses both $f(Q)$ and $f(\mathring{R})$ gravities. In…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-09-30 Hamid Shabani , Avik De

This study investigates the cosmological dynamics of an accelerating universe within the framework of teleparallel gravity using an exponential f(T) functional form. To obtain exact cosmological solutions, a hybrid scale factor is employed…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-05-27 Rajalakshmi Jena , Vishal M C , Sankarsan Tarai

General relativity (GR) characterizes gravity as a geometric properly exhibited as curvature on spacetime. Teleprallelism describes gravity through torsional properties, and can reproduce GR at the level of equations. Similar to f(R)…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2017-12-21 Jackson Levi Said

In this study, cosmological models with perfect fluid and a gravitational framework f(Q) will be examined. In this modified theory of gravity, the gravitational force has the form f(Q), where Q stands for the non-metricity scalar. I create…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2022-08-08 A. Y. Shaikh

In the last dozen years a wide and variegated mass of observational data revealed that the universe is now expanding at an accelerated rate. In the absence of a well-based theory to interpret the observations, cosmography provides…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-09-30 Ester Piedipalumbo , Enrica Della Moglie , Roberto Cianci

In this work, we investigate the cosmological dynamics of the $f(R, \mathcal{L}_m)$ gravity framework with a particular focus on the contributions of the scalar field. Considering a functional form that includes linear and exponential…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-04-01 Y. Kalpana Devi , Rahul Bhagat , B. Mishra

We construct a theory in which the gravitational interaction is described only by torsion, but that generalizes the Teleparallel Theory still keeping the invariance of local Lorentz transformations in one particular case. We show that our…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2016-07-07 Ednaldo L. B. Junior , Manuel E. Rodrigues

In the context of the late time cosmic acceleration phenomenon, many geometrically modified theories of gravity have been proposed in recent times. In this paper, we have investigated the role of a recently proposed extension of symmetric…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2021-08-16 A. S. Agrawal , Laxmipriya Pati , S. K. Tripathy , B. Mishra

In this work we study the cosmology of the general f(T) gravity theory. We express the modified Einstein equations using covariant quantities, and derive the gauge-invariant perturbation equations in covariant form. We consider a specific…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2011-11-02 Baojiu Li , Thomas P. Sotiriou , John D. Barrow

The cosmological evolution of free massless vector or tensor (but not gauge) fields minimally coupled to gravity is analyzed. It is shown that there are some unstable solutions for these fields in De Sitter background. The back reaction of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-12-30 A. D. Dolgov

We study a general Scalar-Tensor Theory with an arbitrary coupling funtion $\omega (\phi )$ but also an arbitrary dependence of the ``gravitational constant'' $G(\phi )$ in the cases in which either one of them, or both, do not admit an…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2011-08-17 Diego F. Torres , Héctor Vucetich

In this work we propose the $f(Q,T_{\mu\nu}T^{\mu\nu})$ gravity as a further extension of the $f(Q)$ and $f(Q,T)$ gravity theories. The action involves an arbitrary function of the non-metricity $Q$ and $T_{\mu\nu}T^{\mu\nu}$ in the gravity…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2022-06-22 Prabir Rudra

We developed the cosmological linear theory of perturbations for $f(Q,T)$ gravity, which is an extension of symmetric teleparallel gravity, with $Q$ the non-metricity and $T$ the trace of the stress-energy tensor. By considering an ansatz…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2022-03-11 Antonio Nájera , Amanda Fajardo

New classes of modified teleparallel theories of gravity are introduced. The action of this theory is constructed to be a function of the irreducible parts of torsion $f(T_{\rm ax},T_{\rm ten},T_{\rm vec})$, where $T_{\rm ax},T_{\rm ten}$…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2017-10-31 Sebastian Bahamonde , Christian G. Boehmer , Martin Krssak

The paper deals with cosmological solutions describing different phases of the Universe for the homogeneous and isotropic FLRW model of the Universe with torsion. Normally, torsion field is not suitable for maximally symmetric space time…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2020-10-30 Akash Bose , Subenoy Chakraborty