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We consider cosmological dynamics in fourth order gravity with both $f(R)$ and $\Phi(\mathcal {G})$ correction to the Einstein gravity ($\mathcal{G}$ is the Gauss-Bonnet term). The particular case for which both terms are equally important…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2012-05-09 Mikhail M. Ivanov , Alexey V. Toporensky

In this work we study non-singular{ bounce cosmology} in the context of the Lagrange multiplier generalized $F(R)$ gravity theory of gravity. We specify our study by using a specific variant form of the well known matter{ bounce cosmology},…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2020-01-08 Shin'ichi Nojiri , S. D. Odintsov , V. K. Oikonomou , Tanmoy Paul

In this study, we explore the dynamics of the universe using a modified gravity model represented by $f(R, G, T)$, where $R$ is the Ricci scalar, $G$ is the Gauss-Bonnet invariant, and $T$ is the trace of the stress-energy tensor. The model…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-03-27 Farzad Milani

We explore cosmology with a bounce in Gauss-Bonnet gravity where the Gauss-Bonnet invariant couples to a dynamical scalar field. In particular, the potential and and Gauss-Bonnet coupling function of the scalar field are reconstructed so…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-06-23 Kazuharu Bamba , Andrey N. Makarenko , Alexandr N. Myagky , Sergei D. Odintsov

We describe what cosmology looks like in the context of the geometric theory of gravity (GSG) based on a single scalar field. There are two distinct classes of cosmological solutions. An interesting feature is the possibility of having a…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-02-17 E. Bittencourt , U. Moschella , M. Novello , J. D. Toniato

The Big Bang initial singularity problem can be solved by means of bouncing solutions. In the context of extended theories of gravity, we will look for covariant effective actions whose field equations contain up to fourth-order derivatives…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2022-03-10 Marcello Miranda , Daniele Vernieri , Salvatore Capozziello , Francisco S. N. Lobo

In this paper, we analyze the viability of a vacuum Gauss-Bonnet cosmology by examining the dynamics of the homogeneous and anisotropic background in 4+1 dimensions. The trajectories of the system either originate from the standard…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2008-11-26 R. Chingangbam , M. Sami , P. V. Tretyakov , A. V. Toporensky

In scalar-tensor Horndeski theories, nonsingular cosmological models - bounce and genesis - are problematic because of potential ghost and/or gradient instabilities. One way to get around this obstacle is to send the effective Planck mass…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2021-10-04 Y. Ageeva , P. Petrov , V. Rubakov

Here, cosmology is obtained from the variable gravitational constant $ G \propto \phi^{-2}$ with $ \phi(x) $ being a scalar and its fluctuations around the ground state. The gravitational action contains Einstein-Hilbert like term with…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2008-09-19 S. K. Srivastava

The big bounce singularity of a simple 5D cosmological model is studied. Contrary to the standard big bang space-time singularity, this big bounce singularity is found to be an event horizon at which the scale factor and the mass density of…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-11-10 Lixin Xu , Hongya Liu , Beili Wang

The primary aim of this work is to explore feasible bouncing cosmological solutions in the framework of $f(\mathcal{Q}, \mathcal{C})$ gravity, where $\mathcal{Q}$ denotes non-metricity and $\mathcal{C}$ indicates the boundary term. To…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-08-12 M. Sharif , M. Zeeshan Gul , Ahmad Nawaz

In this paper, we have presented a bouncing cosmological model of the Universe in an extended theory of gravity. The dynamical behaviour of the model obtained from the flat FLRW space-time along with the violation of null energy condition…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2022-04-22 A. S. Agrawal , Francisco Tello-Ortiz , B. Mishra , S. K. Tripathy

We study a model for a non-singular cosmic bounce in N=1 supergravity, based on supergravity versions of the ghost condensate and cubic Galileon scalar field theories. The bounce is preceded by an ekpyrotic contracting phase which prevents…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2014-08-13 Michael Koehn , Jean-Luc Lehners , Burt A. Ovrut

Cyclic universes with bouncing solutions are candidates for solving the big bang initial singularity problem. Here we seek bouncing solutions in a modified Gauss-Bonnet gravity theory, of the type $R+f(G)$, where $R$ is the Ricci scalar,…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2019-04-02 Inês Terrucha , Daniele Vernieri , José P. S. Lemos

We investigate bouncing solutions in the framework of the non-singular gravity model of Brandenberger, Mukhanov and Sornborger. We show that a spatially flat universe filled with ordinary matter undergoing a phase of contraction reaches a…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2010-04-06 L. Raul Abramo , Patrick Peter , Ivan Yasuda

In this paper, a bouncing cosmological scenario is studied in the background of a flat FLRW model with a specific parametrized hyperbolic form of scale factor $ a $ in terms of $ t $, where $ \lambda $ is taken as the model parameter. This…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2022-08-12 J. K. Singh , Shaily , Kazuharu Bamba

We offer a new proposal for cosmic singularity resolution based upon a quantum cosmology with a unitary bounce. This proposal is illustrated via a novel quantization of a mini-superspace model in which there can be superpositions of the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2018-12-17 Sean Gryb , Karim P. Y. Thébault

We consider the cosmology where some function f(G) of the Gauss-Bonnet term G is added to the gravitational action to account for the late-time accelerating expansion of the universe. The covariant and gauge invariant perturbation equations…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2008-11-26 Baojiu Li , John D. Barrow , David F. Mota

This paper is devoted to examining cosmological bouncing scenarios in the framework of the recently proposed symmetric teleparallel gravity (or $f(Q)$ gravity), where the non-metricity scalar $Q$ represents the gravitational interaction. We…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2024-09-17 M. Koussour , N. Myrzakulov

Assuming the existence of a scalar field which undergoes "ghost condensation" and which has a suitably chosen potential, it is possible to obtain a non-singular bouncing cosmology in the presence of regular matter and radiation. The…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2011-04-20 Chunshan Lin , Robert H. Brandenberger , Laurence Perreault Levasseur