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Our modified gravity theory (MOG) is a gravitational theory without exotic dark matter, based on an action principle. MOG has been used successfully to model astrophysical phenomena such as galaxy rotation curves, galaxy cluster masses, and…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2013-06-25 J. W. Moffat , V. T. Toth

This thesis focuses on late-time cosmic acceleration within modified theories of gravity, using various observational data sets and statistical analysis. The Universe is assumed to be spatially homogeneous and isotropic and is described by…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-03-05 Santosh V. Lohakare

We introduce a new approach to modified gravity which generalizes the recently proposed hybrid metric-Palatini gravity. The gravitational action is taken to depend on a general function of both the metric and Palatini curvature scalars. The…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-10-09 Nicola Tamanini , Christian G. Boehmer

General Relativity (GR) exists in different formulations. They are equivalent in pure gravity but generically lead to distinct predictions once matter is included. After a brief overview of various versions of GR, we focus on metric-affine…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2023-11-09 Claire Rigouzzo , Sebastian Zell

Emergent modified gravity presents a new set of generally covariant gravitational theories in which the space-time metric is not directly given by one of the fundamental fields. A metric compatible with the modified dynamics of gravity is…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-04-09 Martin Bojowald , Erick I. Duque

The Modified Gravity Model (MOG) has been proposed as a solution to the dark matter problem, but it does not meet the gauge invariant condition. The aim of this work is to propose a gauge-invariant theory, which suggests that symmetry can…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-11-02 Shahin Rouhani , Sohrab Rahvar

We review recent progress in the construction of modified gravity models as alternatives to dark energy as well as the development of cosmological tests of gravity. Einstein's theory of General Relativity (GR) has been tested accurately…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2016-03-24 Kazuya Koyama

New corrections to General Relativity are considered in the context of modified $f(R)$ gravity, that satisfy cosmological and local gravity constraints. The proposed models behave asymptotically as $R-2\Lambda$ at large curvature and show…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2022-01-13 L. N. Granda

We discuss the galaxy clustering based on thermodynamics and statistical mechanics in the expanding universe in a modified theory of gravity. The modified general relativity (MGR) is developed using the regular line element field to…

General Physics · Physics 2023-02-15 Abdul W. Khanday , Sudhaker Upadhyay , Prince A. Ganai

In this work, we investigate the MOdified Gravity (MOG) theory for dynamics of the universe and compare the results with the $\Lambda$CDM cosmology. We study the background cosmological properties of the MOG model and structure formation at…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2021-08-17 Zahra Davari , Sohrab Rahvar

A covariant modified gravity (MOG) is formulated by adding to general relativity two new degrees of freedom, a scalar field gravitational coupling strength $G= 1/\chi$ and a gravitational spin 1 vector field $\phi_\mu$. The $G$ is written…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2021-02-17 J. W. Moffat

We study the late-time cosmological expansion of a modified teleparallel gravity model of type logarithmic type. This modified gravitational lagrangian yields a cosmological constant term and also power-law corrections to the teleparallel…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-10-27 Adriel O. Aquino , Euclides G. Silva

In this study, we present a novel approach to mimetic gravity incorporating a non-zero nonmetricity tensor with vanishing torsion and curvature, establishing a generalized mimetic-$f(Q)$ gravity framework. Using the Lagrange multiplier…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-09-20 Adam Z. Kaczmarek

The discovery of the accelerated expansion of the universe highlighted General Relativity's inability to naturally account for dark energy without invoking a finely tuned cosmological constant. In response, a wide range of alternative…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-11-11 P. A. G. Monteiro , C. J. A. P. Martins

We develop the general scheme for modified $f(R)$ gravity reconstruction from any realistic FRW cosmology. We formulate several versions of modified gravity compatible with Solar System tests where the following sequence of cosmological…

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

The acceleration of the cosmic expansion may be due to a new component of physical energy density or a modification of physics itself. Mapping the expansion of cosmic scales and the growth of large scale structure in tandem can provide…

Astrophysics · Physics 2010-04-06 Dragan Huterer , Eric V. Linder

A complete canonical formulation of general covariance makes it possible to construct new modified theories of gravity that are not of higher-curvature form, as shown here in a spherically symmetric setting. The usual uniqueness theorems…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-04-10 Martin Bojowald , Erick I. Duque

This thesis explores the cosmological implications of modified gravity, focusing on nonmetricity-based $f(Q)$ gravity as an alternative to the $\Lambda$CDM model in explaining cosmic acceleration. Chapter I lays the theoretical groundwork…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-04-15 Gaurav N. Gadbail

In this work we introduce and study the unimodular-mimetic $f(\mathcal{G})$ gravity, where unimodular and mimetic constraints are incorporated through corresponding Lagrange multipliers. We present field equations governing this theory and…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-11-13 Adam Z. Kaczmarek , Dominik Szczęśniak

This thesis investigates late-time cosmic acceleration using modified gravity theories with a focus on $f(Q)$ gravity, as an alternative to the $\Lambda$CDM model. The standard cosmological model attributes the acceleration to a…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-12-18 S. A. Narawade