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The cosmological scale factor $a(t)$ of the flat-space Robertson-Walker geometry is examined from a Hamiltonian perspective wherein $a(t)$ is interpreted as an independent dynamical coordinate and the curvature density $\sqrt {- g(a)}…

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A specific Horndeski scalar-gravity mimetic model is investigated within a FLWR space-time. The mimetic scalar field is implemented via a Lagrangian multiplier, and it is shown that the model has equations of motion formally similar to the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2016-03-23 Yevgeniya Rabochaya , Sergio Zerbini

A generalized dynamical equation for the scale factor of the universe is proposed to describe the cosmological evolution, of which the $\Lambda$CDM model is a special case. It also provides a general example to show the equivalence of the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 J. Ren , X. H. Meng

We examine a simple theoretical model to estimate (by fine tuning condition) the value of the cosmological constant. We assume, in analogy with holographic principle, that cosmological constant, like classical surface tension coefficient in…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-01-21 V. Pankovic , S. Ciganovic , J. Ivanovic , R. Glavatovic , P. Grujic

In the context of FRW spacetime with zero spatial curvature, we consider a multi-scalar tensor cosmology model under the pretext of obtaining quadratic conservation laws. We propose two new interaction potentials of the scalar field.…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2020-01-09 Sameerah Jamal

We present a scale-invariant theory, conformal gravity, which closely resembles the geometrodynamical formulation of general relativity (GR). While previous attempts to create scale-invariant theories of gravity have been based on Weyl's…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2017-08-23 Edward Anderson , Julian Barbour , Brendan Foster , Niall O'Murchadha

We consider multidimensional cosmological models with a generalized space-time manifold M = R x M_1 ...x M_n, composed from a finite number of factor spaces M_i, i=1,..n. While usually each factor space M_i is considered to be some…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-06-25 U. Bleyer , M. Mohazzab , M. Rainer

We studied plane symmetric cosmological model in the presence of quark and strange quark matter with the help of f(R,T) theory. To decipher solutions of Plane symmetric space-time, we used power law relation between scale factor and…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2017-03-22 P. K. Agrawal , D. D. Pawar

In this work we analyze the viability of use a particular models of scalar fields in the context of the galactic dark matter problem. These models are based on a single scalar field, minimally coupled to the gravity in a asymptotically flat…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2007-05-23 Jose A. Gonzalez , Daniel Sudarsky

We study a de-Sitter model in the framework of a Deformed Special Relativity (DSR) inspired structure. The effects of this framework appear as the existence of a fundamental length which influences the behavior of the scale factor. We show…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-12-15 N. Khosravi , H. R. Sepangi

It is shown that any spatially flat and isotropic universe undergoing accelerated expansion driven by a self-interacting scalar field can be directly related to a contracting, decelerating cosmology. The duality is made manifest by…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-11-10 James E. Lidsey

This paper examines the late-time accelerating Universe and the formation of large-scale structures within the modified symmetric teleparallel gravity framework, specifically using the $f(Q)$-gravity model, in light of recent cosmological…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-12-31 Shambel Sahlu , Amare Abebe

Assuming equation of state for quintessential matter: $p=w(z)\rho$, we analyse dynamical behaviour of the scale factor in FRW cosmologies. It is shown that its dynamics is formally equivalent to that of a classical particle under the action…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-11-10 Marek Szydlowski , Wojciech Czaja

Here $f(R)$-cosmology is discussed using a different approach. This model explains early-inflation, emergence of cosmic background radiation at the exit from inflation, cosmic deceleration during radiation-dominance followed by deceleration…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2008-10-09 S. K. Srivastava

Cosmological implications of a class of hybrid metric-Palatini gravity with a non-minimal matter-geometry coupling is considered. The theory contains a metric curvature tensor, together with a curvature tensor constructed from an…

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Several models based on General Relativity and Modified Gravity aim to reproduce the observed universe with precision comparable to the flat-$\Lambda$CDM cosmological model. In this study, we investigate the consistency of some of these…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-12-05 Fernanda Oliveira , Bruno Ribeiro , Wiliam S. Hipólito-Ricaldi , Felipe Avila , Armando Bernui

We discuss solar system constraints on f(G) gravity models, where f is a function of the Gauss-Bonnet term G. We focus on cosmologically viable f(G) models that can be responsible for late-time cosmic acceleration. These models generally…

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We investigate a fourth order model of gravity, having a free length parameter, and no cosmological constant or dark energy. We consider cosmological evolution of a flat Friedmann universe in this model for the case that the length…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-10-14 Shreya Banerjee , Nilesh Jayswal , Tejinder P. Singh

We investigate the case of a homogeneous tachyon field coupled to gravity in a spatially flat Friedman-Robertson-Walker spacetime. Assuming the field evolution to be exponentially decaying with time we solve the field equations and show…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 A. Das , Shashikant Gupta , Tarun Deep Saini , Sayan Kar