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$f(R,T)$ gravity is a widely used extended theory of gravity introduced in \cite{9} which is a straightforward generalization of $f(R)$ gravity. The action in this extended theory of gravity incorporates well motivated functional forms of…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2020-07-09 Snehasish Bhattacharjee , P. K. Sahoo

In this paper, we investigated the theoretical and cosmological effects of the matter Lagrangian degeneracy in an extension of the Symmetric Teleparallel Equivalent of General Relativity, denoted as $f (Q, T )$ gravity. This degeneracy…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-03-07 José Antonio Nájera , Carlos Aráoz Alvarado

f(T) gravity is a generalization of the teleparallel equivalent of general relativity (TEGR), where T is the torsion scalar made up of the Weitzenb\"{o}ck connection. This connection describes a spacetime with zero curvature but with…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2019-03-19 María José Guzmán , Rafael Ferraro

We work out the junction conditions for the Palatini $f(\mathcal{R},T)$ extension of General Relativity, where $f$ is an arbitrary function of the curvature scalar $\mathcal{R}$ of an independent connection, and of the trace $T$ of the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2022-09-07 João Luís Rosa , Diego Rubiera-Garcia

We generalize the $f(R)$ type gravity models by assuming that the gravitational Lagrangian is given by an arbitrary function of the Ricci scalar $R$ and of the matter Lagrangian $L_m$. We obtain the gravitational field equations in the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2011-02-09 Tiberiu Harko , Francisco S. N. Lobo

We consider the $f(R,T)$ theory, where $R$ is the scalar curvature and $T$ is the trace of energy-momentum tensor, as an effective description for the holographic and new agegraphic dark energy and reconstruct the corresponding $f(R,T)$…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2013-10-04 M. Sharif , M. Zubair

We consider curvature-teleparallel $F(R,T)$ gravity, where the gravitational Lagrangian density is given by an arbitrary function of the Ricci scalar $R$ and the torsion scalar $T$. Using the Noether Symmetry Approach, we show that the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-10-21 Salvatore Capozziello , Mariafelicia De Laurentis , Ratbay Myrzakulov

This paper is devoted to study the energy conditions in F(R,T) gravity for FRW universe with perfect fluid, where $R$ is the Ricci scalar and $T$ is the torsion scalar. We construct the general energy conditions in this theory and reduce…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2013-10-23 M. Sharif , S. Rani , R. Myrzakulov

We investigate cosmological solutions of f(R,T) modified theories of gravity for perfect fluid in spatially FLRW metric through phase space analysis, where R is Ricci scalar and T denotes the trace of energy-momentum tensor of matter…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2017-05-23 Hamid Shabani , Mehrdad Farhoudi

In the present article we analyze the matter-geometry coupled $f(Q,T)$ theory of gravity. We offer the fully covariant formulation of the theory, with which we construct the correct energy balance equation and employ it to conduct a…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-03-30 Tee-How Loo , Raja Solanki , Avik De , P. K. Sahoo

In this paper, we explore a reconstruction scheme in the background of the $f(T,\mathcal{T})$ gravity theory for different cosmological scenarios, where $T$ is the scalar torsion and $\mathcal{T}$ is the trace of the energy-momentum tensor.…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-10-17 Tuhina Ghorui , Prabir Rudra , Farook Rahaman

The role of torsion in f(R) gravity is considered in the framework of metric-affine formalism. We discuss the field equations in empty space and in presence of perfect fluid matter taking into account the analogy with the Palatini…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2008-11-26 S. Capozziello , R. Cianci , C. Stornaiolo , S. Vignolo

The curvature singularity in viable f(R) gravity models is examined when the background density is dense. This singularity could be eliminated by adding the $R^{2}$ term in the Lagrangian. Some of cosmological consequences, in particular…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2012-09-03 Chung-Chi Lee , Chao-Qiang Geng , Louis Yang

We consider a model where particles are described as localized concentrations of energy, with fixed rest mass and structure, which are not significantly affected by their self-induced gravitational field. We show that the volume average of…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2018-03-28 P. P. Avelino , L. Sousa

The present paper is devoted to the study of bouncing cosmology in $f(R,T)$ modified gravity where we presume $f(R,T) = R + 2 \lambda T$, with $R$ the Ricci scalar, $T$ the trace of energy momentum tensor and $\lambda$ the model parameter.…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2020-04-07 Snehasish Bhattacharjee , P. K. Sahoo

We extend the results of antecedent literature on quadratic Metric-Affine Gravity by studying a new quadratic gravity action in vacuum which, besides the usual (non-Riemannian) Einstein-Hilbert contribution, involves all the parity even…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2022-12-26 Damianos Iosifidis , Ratbay Myrzakulov , Lucrezia Ravera , Gulmira Yergaliyeva , Koblandy Yerzhanov

Modified gravity theories have the potential of explaining the recent acceleration of the Universe without resorting to the mysterious concept of dark energy. In particular, it has been pointed out that matter-geometry coupling may be…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2016-08-17 Min-Xing Xu , Tiberiu Harko , Shi-Dong Liang

In this article, we explore the comprehensive narrative of cosmic evolution within a cosmological framework by utilizing a novel form of gravity known as generalized symmetric teleparallel gravity, denoted as $f(Q,T)$ gravity. Here, $Q$…

General Physics · Physics 2024-09-10 Surajit Das , Sanjay Mandal

We present an extension of $f(T)$ gravity, allowing for a general coupling of the torsion scalar $T$ with the trace of the matter energy-momentum tensor $\mathcal{T}$. The resulting $f(T,\mathcal{T})$ theory is a new modified gravity, since…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2014-12-12 Tiberiu Harko , Francisco S. N. Lobo , G. Otalora , Emmanuel N. Saridakis

In the context of the late time cosmic acceleration phenomenon, many geometrically modified theories of gravity have been proposed in recent times. In this paper, we have investigated the role of a recently proposed extension of symmetric…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2021-08-16 A. S. Agrawal , Laxmipriya Pati , S. K. Tripathy , B. Mishra