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The Eddington-inspired-Born-Infeld (EiBI) gravity, which is formulated within the Palatini formalism, is characterized by its ability to cure the big bang singularity in the very beginning of the Universe. We further analyze the EiBI…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2016-06-22 Che-Yu Chen , Mariam Bouhmadi-López , Pisin Chen

When quantum gravity is used to discuss the big bang singularity, the most important, though rarely addressed, question is what role genuine quantum degrees of freedom play. Here, complete effective equations are derived for isotropic…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2008-11-26 Martin Bojowald

We examine the cosmological sector of a gauge theory of gravity based on the SO(4,2) conformal group of Minkowski space. We allow for conventional matter coupled to the spacetime metric as well as matter coupled to the field that gauges…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2017-05-02 Jack Gegenberg , Shohreh Rahmati , Sanjeev S. Seahra

Field theoretical scheme of regular Big Bang in 4-dimensional physical space-time, built in the framework of gauge approach to gravitation, is discussed. Regular bouncing character of homogeneous isotropic cosmological models is ensured by…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2007-05-23 A. V. Minkevich

The present work analyzes the various conditions in which there can be a bouncing universe solution in f(R) gravity. In the article an interesting method, to analyze the bouncing FRW solutions in a spatially flat universe using f(R) gravity…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2014-12-09 Niladri Paul , Saikat Nil Chakrabarty , Kaushik Bhattacharya

We consider deformations of the singular "global cosmic string" compactifications, known to naturally generate exponentially large scales. The deformations are obtained by allowing a constant curvature metric on the brane and correspond to…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-10-31 Alan Chodos , Erich Poppitz , Dimitrios Tsimpis

We investigate the realization of a nonsingular cosmological bounce in metric $f(R)$ gravity using a controlled exponential deformation of the Starobinsky $R^{2}$ model. Adopting a smooth Gaussian-type bouncing scale factor, we first…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-03-31 G. G. L. Nashed , A. Eid

In the standard hot big bang model, the expansion of the early universe is given by the Friedmann equation with an energy density dominated by relativistic particles. Since in a variety of models this equation is altered, we introduce…

Astrophysics · Physics 2016-08-16 Eduard Massó , Francesc Rota

Singular spacetimes are a natural prediction of Einstein's theory. Most memorable are the singular centers of black holes and the big bang. However, dilatonic extensions of Einstein's theory can support nonsingular spacetimes. The…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-10-31 Janna Levin

We perform large-scale cosmological simulations that solve Einstein's equations directly via numerical relativity. Starting with initial conditions sampled from the cosmic microwave background, we track the emergence of a cosmic web without…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2019-03-27 Hayley J. Macpherson , Daniel J. Price , Paul D. Lasky

We study the collapse of the universe described by a scalar field spherically symmetric collapse of a system described by a massless scalar field from a 5D Riemann-flat canonical metric, on which we make a dynamical foliation on the extra…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-05-28 Mauricio Bellini

An alternative to dark energy as an explanation for the present phase of accelerated expansion of the Universe is that the Friedmann equation is modified, e.g. by extra dimensional gravity, on large scales. We explore a natural…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Oystein Elgaroy , Tuomas Multamaki

The effective evolution of an inhomogeneous universe model in Einstein's theory of gravitation may be described in terms of spatially averaged scalar variables. This evolution can be modeled by solutions of a set of Friedmann equations for…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2011-02-25 Thomas Buchert

The early Cosmology driven by a single scalar field, both massless and massive, in the context of Eddington-inspired Born-Infeld gravity, is explored. We show the existence of nonsingular solutions of bouncing and loitering type (depending…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2021-11-15 David Benisty , Gonzalo J. Olmo , Diego Rubiera-Garcia

The cosmological dynamics in the early universe are investigated to explore the possibility of the sign reversal of the Hubble parameter as a key feature of non-singular bouncing cosmological solutions in higher-order torsion gravity. The…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-03-31 Adnan Malik , Aimen Rauf , Kazuharu Bamba , Wenbin Lin , Fatemah Mofarreh

We investigate the realization of a nonsingular bounce within the framework of Myrzakulov \( F(R,T) \) gravity. This modified gravitational theory uses a non-special connection that combines both curvature and torsion, giving rise to an…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-01-31 Andreas Lymperis , Gulgassyl Nugmanova , Almira Sergazina

We study the statistical mechanics of the early radiation dominated universe in the context of a generalized uncertainty principle which supports the existence of a minimal length scale. Utilizing the resultant modified thermodynamical…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2016-01-22 B. Vakili , M. A. Gorji

Several examples are known where quantum gravity effects resolve the classical big bang singularity by a bounce. The most detailed analysis has probably occurred for loop quantum cosmology of isotropic models sourced by a free, massless…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2008-12-18 Martin Bojowald

In this paper cosmological dynamics in Einstein-Gauss-Bonnet gravity with a perfect fluid source in arbitrary dimension is studied. A systematic analysis is performed for the case that the theory does not admit maximally symmetric…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2018-03-15 Fabrizio Canfora , Alex Giacomini , Sergey A. Pavluchenko , Alexey Toporensky

We study the Newtonian cosmology taking into account the leading classical and quantum corrections of order $\mathcal{O}(G^{2})$ in the Newtonian potential. We first derive the modified Friedmann equations starting from the non-relativistic…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-03-22 Rituparna Mandal , Sunandan Gangopadhyay , Amitabha Lahiri