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We propose a regularization procedure for the novel Einstein-Gauss-Bonnet theory of gravity, which produces a set of field equations that can be written in closed form in four dimensions. Our method consists of introducing a counter term…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2020-07-07 Pedro G. S. Fernandes , Pedro Carrilho , Timothy Clifton , David J. Mulryne

Regularized Einstein-Gauss-Bonnet (EGB) theory of gravity in four dimensions is a new attempt to include nontrivial contributions of Gauss-Bonnet term. In this paper, we make a detailed analysis on possible constraints of the model…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2021-03-10 Jia-Xi Feng , Bao-Min Gu , Fu-Wen Shu

Einstein-Gauss-Bonnet gravity in five-dimensional spacetime provides an excellent example of a theory that, while including higher-order curvature corrections to General Relativity, still shares many of its features, such as second-order…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-06-05 Fernando Izaurieta , Eduardo Rodríguez

4-Dimensional Einstein-Gauss-Bonnet (4DEGB) gravity has garnered significant attention in the last few years as a phenomenological competitor to general relativity. We consider the theoretical and observational implications of this theory…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2024-01-22 Carola M. A. Zanoletti , Brayden R. Hull , C. Danielle Leonard , Robert B. Mann

We investigate the regularized four-dimensional Einstein-Gauss-Bonnet ($4D$ EGB) gravity with a non-minimal scalar coupling function, which is an extension of the regularized $4D$ EGB theory. By introducing non-minimal coupling to the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-03-23 Bilguun Bayarsaikhan , Sunly Khimphun , Phearun Rithy , Gansukh Tumurtushaa

Recently, a novel four-dimensional Einstein-Gauss-Bonnet (EGB) theory was presented to bypass the Lovelock's theorem and to give nontrivial effects on the four-dimensional local gravity. The main mechanism is to introduce a redefinition…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2020-11-19 Zi-Chao Lin , Ke Yang , Shao-Wen Wei , Yong-Qiang Wang , Yu-Xiao Liu

Virtual transitions in a Casimir-like configuration are utilized to probe quantum aspects of four-dimensional Einstein-Gauss-Bonnet (4D EGB) gravity. This study employs a quantum optics-based approach, wherein an Unruh-DeWitt detector…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-06-04 Syed Masood

We address the issue of whether extra dimensions could have an infinite volume and yet reproduce the effects of observable four-dimensional gravity on a brane. There is no normalizable zero-mode graviton in this case, nevertheless correct…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-10-31 G. Dvali , G. Gabadadze , M. Porrati

General Einstein-Gauss-Bonnet gravity with a cosmological constant allows two (A)dS spacetimes as its vacuum solutions. We find a critical point in the parameter space where the two (A)dS spacetimes coalesce into one and the linearized…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2016-11-03 Zhong-Ying Fan , Bin Chen , Hong Lu

Recently, a non-trivial $4D$ Einstein-Gauss-Bonnet (EGB) theory of gravity, by rescaling the GB coupling parameter as $\alpha/(D-4)$, was formulated in \cite{Glavan:2019inb}, which bypasses Lovelock's theorem and avoids Ostrogradsky…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2020-09-17 Shafqat Ul Islam , Rahul Kumar , Sushant G. Ghosh

New spherically symmetric solution in 4D Einstein--Gauss--Bonnet gravity coupled with nonlinear electrodynamics is obtained. At infinity this solution has the Reissner--Nordstr\"{o}m behavior of the charged black hole. The black hole…

General Physics · Physics 2021-08-18 S. I. Kruglov

In this paper we study the observational constraints that can be imposed on the coupling parameter, $\hat \alpha$, of the regularized version of the 4-dimensional Einstein-Gauss-Bonnet theory of gravity. We use the scalar-tensor field…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2020-10-08 Timothy Clifton , Pedro Carrilho , Pedro G. S. Fernandes , David J. Mulryne

A D-dimensional gravitational model with Gauss-Bonnet and cosmological term is considered. When ansatz with diagonal cosmological metrics is adopted, we overview recent solutions for zero cosmological term and find new examples of solutions…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2016-03-16 A. A. Kobtsev , V. D. Ivashchuk , K. K. Ernazarov

We obtain the full 5D graviton propagator in the Randall-Sundrum model with the Gauss-Bonnet interaction. From the decomposition of the graviton propagator on the brane, we show that localization of gravity arises in the presence of the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-10-31 Jihn E. Kim , Hyun Min Lee

In this paper, in an FLRW background and a perfect fluid equation of state, we explore the possibility of the realization of an emergent scenario in a 4D regularized extension of Einstein-Gauss-Bonnet gravity, with the field equations…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-06-12 Mrinnoy M. Gohain , Kalyan Bhuyan

A nonlocal version of Einstein-Gauss Bonnet (EGB) gravity can be generated by a procedure that follows closely the steps of the derivation of the conformal anomaly effective action. The action is obtained using a Weyl decomposition of the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2023-06-01 Claudio Corianò , Mario Cretì , Stefano Lionetti , Matteo Maria Maglio , Riccardo Tommasi

The modified Gauss-Bonnet gravity can be motivated by a number of physical reasons, including: the uniqueness of a gravitational Lagrangian in four and higher dimensions and the leading order $\alpha^\prime$ corrections in superstring…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2017-08-23 Ishwaree P. Neupane

We study the possibility that in the model introduced in \cite{GBN}, the Gauss-Bonnet term alone gives rise to the cosmic acceleration and super-acceleration in four-dimensional FLRW space-time at the late time. We also discuss transitions…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2021-04-26 H. Mohseni Sadjadi

In this paper, we treat 4-dimensional Einstein-Gauss-Bonnet gravity as general relativity with an effective stress-energy tensor. We will study the modified Oppenheimer-Snyder-Datt model of the gravitational collapse of a star in a…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-02-22 R. Hassannejad , A. Sadeghi , F. Shojai

In this short paper we investigate any non-trivial effect the novel Gauss-Bonnet gravity may give rise in the cosmic evolution of the Universe in four spacetime dimensions. We start by considering a generic…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2020-05-21 Gaurav Narain , Hai-Qing Zhang