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We examine an extension of General Relativity with an explicit non-minimal coupling between matter and curvature. The purpose of this work is to present an overview of the implications of the latter to various contexts, ranging from…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2014-01-20 Orfeu Bertolami , Jorge Páramos

Theories with a non-minimal coupling between the space-time curvature and matter fields introduce an extra force due to the non-conservation of the matter energy momentum. In the present work the theoretical consistency of such couplings is…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2013-10-02 Nicola Tamanini , Tomi S. Koivisto

It is shown that a non-minimal coupling between the scalar curvature and the matter Lagrangian density may account for the accelerated expansion of the Universe and provide, through mimicking, for a viable unification of dark energy and…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2014-11-20 O. Bertolami , P. Frazao , J. Páramos

Among the recent extensions to standard General Relativity, $f(R,\mathcal{L}_m)$ gravity has risen an interest given the possibility of coupling between geometry and matter. We examine the simplest model with non-minimal coupling in the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-08-02 Sergio Bravo Medina , Marek Nowakowski , Ronaldo V. Lobato , Davide Batic

In this work, we review a plethora of modified theories of gravity with generalized curvature-matter couplings. The explicit nonminimal couplings, for instance, between an arbitrary function of the scalar curvature $R$ and the Lagrangian…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2014-07-29 Tiberiu Harko , Francisco S. N. Lobo

In this contribution one examines the generalization of the $f(R)$ theories of gravity where one introduces a non-minimal coupling between curvature and matter. This model has new and interesting features. %, specially concerning the energy…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2014-11-20 Orfeu Bertolami , Miguel Carvalho Sequeira

We present a novel theory of gravity by considering an extension of symmetric teleparallel gravity. This is done by introducing, in the framework of the metric-affine formalism, a new class of theories where the nonmetricity $Q$ is…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2018-10-31 Tiberiu Harko , Tomi S. Koivisto , Francisco S. N. Lobo , Gonzalo J. Olmo , Diego Rubiera-Garcia

In this work, one examines how the presence of a non-minimal coupling between the spacetime curvature and matter affects the evolution of cosmological perturbations around a homogeneous and isotropic Universe and hence the formation of…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2013-05-27 Orfeu Bertolami , Pedro Frazão , Jorge Páramos

The connection between $f(R)$ theories of gravity and scalar-tensor models with a "physical" metric coupled to the scalar field is well known. In this work, we pursue the equivalence between a suitable scalar theory and a model that…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-01-01 O. Bertolami , J. Páramos

We consider a modified action functional with a non-minimum coupling between the scalar curvature and the matter Lagrangian, and study its consequences on stellar equilibrium. Particular attention is paid to the validity of the Newtonian…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-06-23 O. Bertolami , J. Paramos

We construct an extension of f(T) gravity with the inclusion of a non-minimal torsion-matter coupling in the action. The resulting theory is a novel gravitational modification, since it is different from both f(T) gravity, as well as from…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2014-07-01 Tiberiu Harko , Francisco S. N. Lobo , G. Otalora , Emmanuel N. Saridakis

In this study one resorts to the phenomenology of models endowed with a non-minimal coupling between matter and geometry, in order to develop a mechanism through which dynamics similar to that due to the presence of dark matter is…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-13 O. Bertolami , J. Paramos

This study examines how inflationary dynamics are affected by $f(R)$ theories with a non-minimal coupling between matter and curvature. Both positive and negative corrections to the minimal coupling of General Relativity are considered, and…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-01-29 Miguel Barroso Varela , Orfeu Bertolami , Andreas Mantziris

We explore a cosmological model in which dark matter is non-minimally coupled to gravity at the fluid level. While typically subdominant compared to Standard Model forces, such couplings may dominate dark matter dynamics. We show that this…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-10-14 Samuele Silveravalle , Andrea Lapi , Francesco Benetti , Stefano Liberati

In this work, we further study a metric modified theory of gravity which contains a non-minimal coupling to matter, more precisely, we assume two functions of the scalar curvature, $f_1$ and $f_2$, where the first one generalises the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2021-03-31 María Ortiz-Baños , Mariam Bouhmadi-López , Ruth Lazkoz , Vincenzo Salzano

We investigate whether a non-minimal coupling between dark matter and gravity can influence the internal dynamics of ultra-diffuse galaxies. Within this framework, the gravitational potential is modified by an additional term that captures…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2026-02-17 Saboura Zamani , Vincenzo Salzano , Dario Bettoni

In this paper on the basis of the generalized $f(R)$ gravity model with arbitrary coupling between geometry and matter, four classes of $f(R)$ gravity models with non minimal coupling between geometry and matter will be studied. By means of…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-06-12 Jun Wang , Ya-Bo Wu , Yong-Xin Guo , Fang Qi , Yue-Yue Zhao , Xiao-Yu Sun

In the framework of the generalized Rastall theory (GRT), we study the ability of a non-minimal coupling between geometry and matter fields in order to provide a setting which allows for a variable G during the cosmic evolution. In this…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2021-07-27 Hooman Moradpour , Hamid Shabani , Amir Hadi Ziaie , Umesh Kumar Sharma

We consider the non-minimal coupling between matter and the geometry in the f(R) theory. In the new theory which we established, a new scalar $\psi$ has been defined and we give it a certain stability condition. We intend to take a closer…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2013-05-30 Qiang Xu , Sheng-yu Tan

We investigate two classes of non-minimally coupled curvature-matter models in the FLRW universe with a perfect fluid and analyze their cosmological implications using Supernova Ia, Observed Hubble Data, and Baryon Acoustic Oscillation…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-12-31 Anirban Chatterjee , Akshay Panda , Abhijit Bandyopadhyay
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