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We investigate the modified gravity theories in terms of the effective dark energy models. We compare the cosmic expansion history and the linear growth in different models. We also study the evolution of linear cosmological perturbations…
Making use of the $1 + 3$ covariant formalism, we show explicitly the effect that nonmetricity has on the dynamics of the universe. Then, using the Dynamical System Approach, we analyze the evolution of Bianchi type-I cosmologies within the…
We investigate cosmological models in a recently proposed geometrical theory of gravity, in which the scalar field appears as part of the space-time geometry. We extend the previous theory to include a scalar potential in the action. We…
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A spatially homogeneous and anisotropic Bianchi type V cosmological model of the universe for perfect fluid within the framework of Scale covariant theory of gravitation proposed by Canuto et al., is studied in view of a variable…
An anisotropic Bianchi type I cosmological model with power-law scalar-field potentials of the form $V(\psi_1,\psi_2)=V_1\psi_1^{\pm\lambda_1}+V_2\psi_2^{\pm\lambda_2}$ is studied within a generalized S\'aez--Ballester--K-essence-like…
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…
We have examined the cosmological actions of LRS (Locally Rationally Symmetric) Bianchi type-I universe model in $f(R,T^\psi)$ gravity. For this, we have estimated the Hubble parameter, the effective equation of state parameter…
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