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We discuss the subtle relationship between massive gravity and bimetric gravity, focusing particularly on the manner in which massive gravity may be viewed as a suitable limit of bimetric gravity. The limiting procedure is more delicate…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2012-12-06 Valentina Baccetti , Prado Martin-Moruno , Matt Visser

We construct gravitational modifications that go beyond Horndeski, namely theories with extended nonminimal derivative couplings, in which the coefficient functions depend not only on the scalar field but also on its kinetic energy. Such…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2017-03-01 Tiberiu Harko , Francisco S. N. Lobo , Emmanuel N. Saridakis , Minas Tsoukalas

We argue that, when a theory of gravity and matter is endowed with (classical) conformal symmetry, the fine tuning required to obtain the cosmological constant at its observed value can be significantly reduced. Once tuned, the cosmological…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2018-10-23 Stefano Lucat , Tomislav Prokopec , Bogumila Swiezewska

This is the dawning of the age of precision cosmology, when all the important parameters will be established to one significant figure or better, within the cosmological model. In the age of accurate cosmology the model, which nowadays…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 P. J. E. Peebles

In this paper we undertake the modified theory of gravity f(R,T) where R and T are the Ricci scalar and the trace of the energy momentum tensor, respectively. Imposing the conservation of the energy momentum tensor, we obtain a model about…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-06-30 E. H. Baffou , A. V. Kpadonou , M. E. Rodrigues , M. J. S. Houndjo , J. Tossa

We study the cosmological evolution for a universe in the presence of a continuous tower of massive scalar fields which can drive the current phase of accelerated expansion of the universe and, in addition, can contribute as a dark matter…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-12 Jose Beltrán Jiménez , David F. Mota , Paulo Santos

A dynamical resolution to the cosmological constant fine-tuning problem has been previously put forward, based on a scalar-tensor gravitational theory possessing de Sitter attractor solutions characterized by a small Hubble expansion rate,…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2021-08-19 Oleg Evnin , Victor Massart , Kevin Nguyen

The Cosmological Constant Problem is re-examined from an effective field theory perspective. While the connection between gravity and particle physics has not been experimentally probed in the quantum regime, it is severely constrained by…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-10-30 Raman Sundrum

In this work, we perform a detailed dynamical analysis for the cosmological applications of a nonminimal torsion-matter coupled gravity. Two alternative formalisms are proposed, which enable one to choose between the easier approach for a…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2016-01-20 Sante Carloni , Francisco S. N. Lobo , Giovanni Otalora , Emmanuel N. Saridakis

In this paper we investigate cosmological dynamics on the normal branch of a DGP-inspired scenario within a phase space approach where induced gravity is modified in the spirit of $f(R)$-theories. We apply the dynamical system analysis to…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-05-19 Kourosh Nozari , Faeze Kiani

The study addresses matter-coupled modified gravity, particularly $f (T, \mathcal{T})$ gravity, unveiling distinct formalism. The research further discusses stability analysis, and the dynamical system approach, exploring the dynamics of…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-12-22 L. K. Duchaniya , Santosh V Lohakare , B. Mishra

Massive gravity theories have been developed as viable IR modifications of gravity motivated by dark energy and the problem of the cosmological constant. On the other hand, modified gravity and modified dark matter theories were developed…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-12-23 Luc Blanchet , Lavinia Heisenberg

We employ a linear stability analysis approach to explore the dynamics of matter and curvature-driven dark energy interactions within the framework of two types of viable $f(R)$ gravity models. The interaction is modeled via a source term…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-04-21 Anirban Chatterjee , Yungui Gong

The cosmological constant problem is studied in a two component cosmological model. The universe contains a cosmological constant of an arbitrary size and sign and an additional component with an inhomogeneous equation of state. It is shown…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-01-16 Hrvoje Stefancic

The accelerating expansion of the Universe poses a major challenge to our understanding of fundamental physics. One promising avenue is to modify general relativity and obtain a new description of the gravitational force. Because…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-08-28 Adam R. Solomon

Real black holes in the universe are located in the expanding accelerating background which are called the cosmological black holes. Hence, it is necessary to model these black holes in the cosmological background where the dark energy is…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2019-02-13 Javad T. Firouzjaee , Touhid Feghhi

Were studied classical oscillations of background metric in the multidimensional anisotropic model of Kazner in the de-Sitter stage. Obtained dependence of fluctuations on dimension of space-time with infinite expansion. Stability of the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2012-08-01 Sergey Yakovlev

We investigate the cosmological implications of $f(Q)$ gravity, which is a modified theory of gravity based on non-metricity, in non-flat geometry. We perform a detailed dynamical-system analysis keeping the $f(Q)$ function completely…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-06-26 Hamid Shabani , Avik De , Tee-How Loo , Emmanuel N. Saridakis

We review recent developments and results in testing general relativity (GR) at cosmological scales. The subject has witnessed rapid growth during the last two decades with the aim of addressing the question of cosmic acceleration and the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2019-12-09 Mustapha Ishak

We consider the cosmological consequences of a special scalar-tensor-vector theory of gravity, known as MOG (for MOdified Gravity), proposed to address the dark matter problem. This theory introduces two scalar fields $G(x)$ and $\mu(x)$,…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2018-02-14 Sara Jamali , Mahmood Roshan , Luca Amendola