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We examine the evolution of a closed, homogeneous and anisotropic cosmology subject to a variation of the fine structure 'constant', \alpha, within the context of the theory introduced by Bekenstein, Sandvik, Barrow and Magueijo, which…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-06-15 John D. Barrow , David Sloan

We consider some aspects of the global evolution problem of Hamiltonian homogeneous, anisotropic cosmologies derived from a purely quadratic action functional of the scalar curvature. We show that models can isotropize in the positive…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2007-05-23 Spiros Cotsakis , George Flessas , Peter Leach , Laurent Querella

Nonlocal RT gravity has proven effective in explaining the late-time cosmic acceleration while remaining consistent with local gravity tests. However, most previous cosmological studies of this theory have assumed an isotropic background,…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-03-17 Jiajun Zhou , Shuxun Tian , Zong-Hong Zhu

We consider a mimetic set up in which the mimetic scalar is coupled to a vector field. It is shown that such a field with a time-like component does not contribute to the background equations and yet produces healthy isocurvature…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2018-06-20 M. H. Abbassi , A. Jozani , H. R. Sepangi

In this manuscript, we investigate the oscillatory behaviour of the anisotropy in the diagonal Bianchi-I spacetimes. Our starting point is a simplification of Einstein's equations using only observable or physical variables. As a…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2021-04-02 Leandro G Gomes , Bruno B. Bizarria , Gabriel A. de Souza Silva , William O. Clavijo

We provide a quantum picture for the emergence of a bouncing cosmology, according to the idea that a semiclassical behavior of the Universe towards the singularity is not available in many relevant Minisuperspace models. In particular, we…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2022-09-07 Eleonora Giovannetti , Giovanni Montani

The Bianchi IX cosmological model (through Bianchi I and II) is analyzed in the framework of a generalized uncertainty principle. In particular, the anisotropies of the Universe are described by a deformed Heisenberg algebra. Three main…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-03-04 Marco Valerio Battisti , Giovanni Montani

We consider Bianchi VI spacetime, which also can be reduced to Bianchi types VI0-V-III-I. We initially consider the most general form of the energy-momentum tensor which yields anisotropic stress and heat flow. We then derive an…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2011-08-26 Ozgur Akarsu , Can B. Kilinc

We analyse the classical and quantum dynamics of a Bianchi I model in the presence of a small negative cosmological constant characterizing its evolution in term of the dust-time dualism. We demonstrate that in a canonical metric approach,…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2016-09-02 Riccardo Moriconi , Giovanni Montani , Salvatore Capozziello

In this paper, we investigate a non-canonical scalar field model in the background dynamics of anisotropic Locally Rotationally Symmetric (LRS) Bianchi type I universe where gravity is coupled minimally to scalar field which is taken as…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-11-17 Sujoy Bhanja , Goutam Mandal , Abdulla Al Mamon , Sujay Kr. Biswas

Understanding the early evolution of the universe requires models that incorporate possible quantum and anisotropic effects in its dynamics. In this work, we analyze the dynamical evolution of locally rotationally symmetric anisotropic…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-10-13 G. Oliveira-Neto , Y. Soncco Apaza

We study Bianchi type $I$ cosmological model in the presence of magnetized anisotropic dark energy. The energy-momentum tensor consists of anisotropic fluid with anisotropic EoS $p=\omega{\rho}$ and a uniform magnetic field of energy…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2010-11-03 M. Sharif , M. Zubair

We analyze the semiclassical and quantum behavior of the Bianchi IX Universe in the Polymer Quantum Mechanics framework, applied to the isotropic Misner variable, linked to the space volume of the model. The study is performed both in the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2018-11-06 Chiara Crinò , Giovanni Montani , Giorgio Pintaudi

We analyze the Galileon ghost condensate implementation of a bouncing cosmological model in the presence of a non negligible anisotropic stress. We exhibit its structure, which we find to be far richer than previously thought. In…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2017-07-26 Anna Paula Bacalhau , Patrick Peter , Sandro D. P. Vitenti

In a wide class of cosmological models, a positive cosmological constant drives cosmological evolution toward an asymptotically de Sitter phase. Here we connect this behavior to the increase of entropy over time, based on the idea that de…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2018-03-06 Sean M. Carroll , Aidan Chatwin-Davies

I study the dynamical effects due to the Brans-Dicke scalar $\phi$-field at the early stages of a supposedly anisotropic Universe expansion in the scalar-tensor cosmology of Jordan-Brans-Dicke. This is done considering the behaviour of the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-06-25 H. N. Núñez-Yépez

We discuss the asymptotic dynamical evolution of spatially homogeneous brane-world cosmological models close to the initial singularity. We find that generically the cosmological singularity is isotropic in Bianchi type IX brane-world…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2010-04-06 A. Coley

The asymptotic behaviour of vacuum Bianchi models of class A near the initial singularity is studied, in an effort to confirm the standard picture arising from heuristic and numerical approaches by mathematical proofs. It is shown that for…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-10-30 Alan D. Rendall

Cosmic Microwave Background anomalies suggest that the Universe is slightly anisotropic, so a Cosmological Model that does not satisfy the Cosmological Principle is necessary. Anisotropic Bianchi models have been studied given that they…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2017-02-07 Ericsson López , Mario Llerena

We explore the isotropization of a model anisotropic universe in the bouncing models using the ekpyrotic potential without assuming initial conditions corresponding to an ekpyrotic phase. In particular, we explore the way the use of…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-12-11 Rachel Brown , A. Meenakshi McNamara , Sahil Saini , Parampreet Singh