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The analysis of measurements of accelerated observers in Minkowski spacetime has led to the development of nonlocal special relativity theory. Inertia and gravitation are intimately connected in accordance with the principle of equivalence.…

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We derive the effects of a non-zero cosmological constant $\Lambda$ on gravitational wave propagation in the linearized approximation of general relativity. In this approximation we consider the situation where the metric can be written as…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2012-09-17 José Bernabeu , Domènec Espriu , Daniel Puigdomènech

In this work a new non-minimally coupled model is presented, where a generic function $f(R)$ of the scalar curvature factors the usual Einstein-Hilbert action functional, motivated by relevant results obtained from similar models. Its…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2016-11-22 R. P. L. Azevedo , J. Páramos

Motivated by the conjecture that the cosmological constant problem is solved by strong quantum effects in the infrared we use the exact flow equation of Quantum Einstein Gravity to determine the renormalization group behavior of a class of…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-11-10 M. Reuter , F. Saueressig

We consider non-local Integral Kernel Theories of Gravity in a homogeneous and isotropic universe background as a possible scenario to drive the cosmic history. In particular, we investigate the cosmological properties of a gravitational…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-09-02 Salvatore Capozziello , Rocco D'Agostino , Orlando Luongo

"Non-Locality is most naturally incorporated into a theory in which there is a special frame of reference. One possible candidate for this special frame of reference is the one in which the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) is isotropic.…

General Physics · Physics 2022-09-16 Maurizio Consoli , Alessandro Pluchino , Paola Zizzi

We explore some of the cosmological implications of the recent classical nonlocal generalization of Einstein's theory of gravitation in which nonlocality is due to the gravitational memory of past events. In the Newtonian regime of this…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2016-08-24 C. Chicone , B. Mashhoon

A modified form of non-locally corrected theory of gravity is investigated in the context of cosmology and the Newtonian limit. This form of non-local correction to classic Einstein-Hilbert action can be locally represented by a…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-05-30 Dao-Jun Liu , Bin Yang , Xing-Hua Jin

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

Cosmography can be considered as a sort of a model-independent approach to tackle the dark energy/modified gravity problem. In this review, the success and the shortcomings of the $\Lambda$CDM model, based on General Relativity and standard…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2019-04-09 Salvatore Capozziello , Rocco D'Agostino , Orlando Luongo

We construct the covariant nonlocal action for recently suggested long-distance modifications of gravity theory motivated by the cosmological constant and cosmological acceleration problems. This construction is based on the special…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-06-26 A. O. Barvinsky

I review a class of nonlocally modified gravity models which were proposed to explain the current phase of cosmic acceleration without dark energy. Among the topics considered are deriving causal and conserved field equations, adjusting the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-18 R. P. Woodard

There are so many ideas that potentially explain the dark energy phenomenon, current research is focusing on a more in-depth analysis of the potential effects of modified gravity on both local and cosmic scales. In this paper we have…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-11-24 S. H. Shekh , Hira Sohail , Irfan Mahmood , Allah Ditta , Anil Kumar Yadav

Ghost-free non-local gravity is investigated with regards to its late-time dynamics. Viable solutions in this model are confronted with the observational data including the Pantheon+ catalogue of Type Ia supernovae, the Dark Energy…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-05-22 S. D. Odintsov , V. K. Oikonomou , G. S. Sharov

Several approaches to quantum gravity lead to nonlocal modifications of fields' dynamics. This, in turn, can give rise to nonlocal modifications of quantum mechanics at non-relativistic energies. Here, we analyze the nonlocal…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-09-17 Marzena Ciszak , Alessio Belenchia , Antonello Ortolan , Francesco Marino

In the context of f(R, T) gravity theory for the flat Friedmann Lemaitre Robertson Walker (FLRW) model, the accelerating expansion of the universe is investigated using a specific form of the emergent Hubble parameter. Datasets from H(z),…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-01-16 N. Myrzakulov , S. H. Shekh , Anirudh Pradhan , Archana Dixit

We have investigated structure formation in the $\gamma$ gravity $f(R)$ model with {\it N}-body simulations. The $\gamma$ gravity model is a proposal which, unlike other viable $f(R)$ models, not only changes the gravitational dynamics, but…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2016-03-09 Marcelo Vargas dos Santos , Hans A. Winther , David F. Mota , Ioav Waga

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

A classical nonlocal generalization of Einstein's theory of gravitation has recently been developed via the introduction of a scalar causal "constitutive" kernel that must ultimately be determined from observational data. It turns out that…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2014-05-14 S. Rahvar , B. Mashhoon

We derive Friedman-Lemaitre-Robertson-Walker (FLRW) models as non-trivial solutions of "Cotton Gravity" (CG), a recently proposed gravity theory alternative to General Relativity (GR) based on the Cotton tensor. Using an equivalent…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-12-05 Roberto A Sussman , Sebastian Najera