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We discuss a class of uniform and isotropic, spatially flat, decaying Lambda cosmologies, in the realm of a model where the gravitation constant G is a function of the cosmological time. Besides the usual de Sitter solution, the models at…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2010-03-19 S. Carneiro , J. A. S. Lima

We explore the possibility of a consistent cosmology based on the gauge-fixing independent running of the gravitational and cosmological constants ($G$ and $\Lambda$) in the framework of effective quantum gravity. In particular, their…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-04-30 Nicolas R. Bertini , Davi C. Rodrigues , Ilya L. Shapiro

In this paper we investigate the constant volume exponential solutions (i.e. the solutions with the scale factors change exponentially over time so that the comoving volume remains the same) in the Einstein-Gauss-Bonnet gravity. We find…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2014-12-17 Dmitry Chirkov , Sergey A. Pavluchenko , Alexey Toporensky

The flatness and cosmological constant problems are solved with varying speed of light c, gravitational coupling strength G and cosmological parameter Lambda, by explicitly assuming energy conservation of observed matter. The present…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-10-31 P. Gopakumar , G. V. Vijayagovindan

A (n + 1)-dimensional Einstein-Gauss-Bonnet (EGB) model is considered. For diagonal cosmological-type metrics, the equations of motion are reduced to a set of Lagrange equations. The effective Lagrangian contains two "minisuperspace"…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2011-04-20 V. D. Ivashchuk

We have studied a cosmological model with a cosmological term of the form $\Lambda=3\alpha\fr{\dot R^2}{R^2}+\bt\fr{\ddot R}{R}+\fr{3\gamma}{R^2} \alpha, \ \bt \gamma$ are constants. The scale factor (R) is found to vary linearly with time…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2007-05-23 Arbab I. Arbab

In this paper we are looking for the exponential solutions (i.e. the solutions with the scale factors change exponentially over time) in the Einstein-Gauss-Bonnet gravity. We argue that we found all possible non-constant-volume solutions…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2014-08-19 Dmitry Chirkov , Sergey Pavluchenko , Alexey Toporensky

It is known that Gauss-Bonnet terms in higher dimensional gravity can produce an effective cosmological constant. We add extra examples to this picture by presenting explicitly two branches of accelerating vacuum solutions to the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-05-30 Liu Zhao , Kun Meng

A new set of field equations for a space-time dependent Newton's constant $G(x)$ and cosmological constant $\Lambda(x)$ in the presence of matter is presented. We prove that it represents the most general mathematically consistent,…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2021-05-19 Alfio Bonanno , Georgios Kofinas , Vasilios Zarikas

Observations indicate that our universe is characterized by a late-time accelerating phase, possibly driven by a cosmological constant $\Lambda$, with the dimensionless parameter $\Lambda L_P^2 \simeq 10^{-122}$, where $L_P = (G \hbar…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2014-06-04 T. Padmanabhan , Hamsa Padmanabhan

We study dynamics of induced gravity cosmological models with sixth degree potential, that have found using the superpotential method. The important property of these models are existence of exact cosmological solutions that tend to fixed…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2014-07-29 Ekaterina O. Pozdeeva , Sergey Yu. Vernov

In this study, we consider three dark energy models in which $\Lambda$ is not constant, but has a dynamic nature that depends on the Hubble parameter $H$ and/or its time derivative $\dot{H}$. We analyze the generalized running vacuum model,…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2022-01-05 Christine R. Farrugia , Joseph Sultana , Jurgen Mifsud

A Five dimensional Kaluza-Klein space-time is considered in the presence of a perfect fluid source with variable G and $\Lambda$. An expanding universe is found by using a relation between the metric potential and an equation of state. The…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2011-03-07 R. K. Tiwari , Farook Rahaman , Saibal Ray

Solutions of Einstein's equations are found for global defects in a higher-dimensional spacetime with a nonzero cosmological constant Lambda. The defect has a (p-1)-dimensional core (brane) and a `hedgehog' scalar field configuration in the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2010-04-06 Itsaso Olasagasti , Alexander Vilenkin

In this work, we analyze the Einstein-scalar-Gauss-Bonnet (EsGB) theory of gravity in a cosmological context using the formalism of dynamical systems. We obtain the equations of motion of the theory and introduce an appropriate set of…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-09-23 Miguel A. S. Pinto , João Luís Rosa

In this work, the cosmic solutions, particularly the well-known $\Lambda$CDM model, are investigated in the framework of the Gauss-Bonnet gravity, where the gravitational action incorporates the Gauss-Bonnet invariant function. We utilize a…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-09-26 N. Myrzakulov , Anirudh Pradhan , Archana Dixit , S. H. Shekh

This paper examines a cosmological model of scale-dependent gravity. The gravitational action is taken to be the Einstein-Hilbert term supplemented with a cosmological constant, where the couplings, $G_k$ and $\Lambda_k$, run with the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-05-29 Pedro D. Alvarez , Benjamin Koch , Cristobal Laporte , Angel Rincon

We explore the cosmological dynamics of a teleparallel Gauss-Bonnet gravity model defined by the torsion scalar $T$ and the torsion-based Gauss-Bonnet invariant $T_{\mathcal{G}}$, deriving modified Friedmann equations for a flat FLRW…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-01-16 Santosh V. Lohakare , S. K. Maurya , Aaisha Al Qassabi , B. Mishra

We have investigated a cosmological model with variable speed of light (c), gravitational constant (G) and cosmological constant (Lambda). The model is shown to solve the horizon, flatness and monopole problems of the early universe. We…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Arbab I. Arbab

We investigate the effect of a cosmological constant $\Lambda$ on the geometry generated by a two-dimensional disclination in a conformal metric framework. For $\Lambda>0$, we obtain an exact analytic solution of the Liouville-type…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-09-03 A. Carvalho , C. Furtado