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We investigate the validity of the generalized second law (GSL) of gravitational thermodynamics in the framework of f(T) modified teleparallel gravity. We consider a spatially flat FRW universe containing only the pressureless matter. The…

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As a preparation for a mathematically consistent study of the physics of symmetric spacetimes in a noncommutative setting, we study symmetry reductions in deformed gravity. We focus on deformations that are given by a twist of a Lie algebra…

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In this work we study the Friedmann-Lema\^{i}tre-Robertson-Walker cosmologies with arbitrary spatial curvature for the symmetric teleparallel theories of gravity, giving the first presentation of their coincident gauge form. Our approach…

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Recent analysis of the Planck measurements opened a possibility that we live in a non-flat universe. Given the renewed interest in non-zero spatial curvature, here we re-visit the light propagation in a non-flat universe and provide the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2022-09-02 Sandra Baumgartner , Jaiyul Yoo

General Relativity, despite its century-long success, faces conceptual and observational challenges, including singularities, incompatibility with quantum mechanics, and the need to introduce dark matter and dark energy. Precision cosmology…

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We present cosmological perturbations of kinetic components based on relativistic Boltzmann equations in the context of generalized gravity theories. Our general theory considers an arbitrary number of scalar fields generally coupled with…

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We consider evolving, spatially flat isotropic and homogeneous (FLRW) cosmologies in ghost-free (dRGT) massive gravity. In this theory, no dynamical flat FLRW background exists if the reference metric is chosen to be Minkowski and the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-12-02 Lavinia Heisenberg , Alessandro Longo , Giovanni Tambalo , Miguel Zumalacarregui

We investigate whether late-time modifications of gravity in the teleparallel framework can impact the current tension in the Hubble constant $H_0$, focusing on $f(T)$ cosmology as a minimal and well-controlled extension of General…

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In this paper, we consider a theory of gravity with a metric-dependent torsion namely the $F(R,T)$ gravity, where $R$ is the curvature scalar and $T$ is the torsion scalar. We study a geometric root of such theory. In particular we give the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2012-11-20 Ratbay Myrzakulov

Recently $f(T)$ theories based on modifications of teleparallel gravity where torsion is the geometric object describing gravity instead of curvature have been proposed to explain the present cosmic accelerating expansion. The field…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2011-11-10 Rong-Jia Yang

We study $f(T)$ cosmological models inserting a non-vanishing spatial curvature and discuss its consequences on cosmological dynamics. To figure this out, a polynomial $f(T)$ model and a double torsion model are considered. We first analyze…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2018-05-02 Salvatore Capozziello , Orlando Luongo , Richard Pincak , Arvin Ravanpak

We present a complete analysis of the imprint of tensor anisotropies on the Cosmic Microwave Background for a class of f(R) gravity theories within the PPF-CAMB framework. We derive the equations, both for the cosmological background and…

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We present the cosmological analysis of the Gauss-Bonnet quasi-dilaton massive gravity theory. This offers a gravitational theory with a non-zero graviton mass. We calculate the complete set of background equations of motion. Also, we…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2021-07-14 Amin Rezaei Akbarieh , Sobhan Kazempour , Lijing Shao

Bianchi I cosmological solutions in f(T) gravity are discussed. We start from diagonal metrics and tetrads and show that their dynamical equations are pretty much tractable analytically, with a possible arena for physical applications. Then…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-02-24 Alexey Golovnev , Mustafa M. Hemida

The general relativistic perturbations of scalar-tensor theories (STT) of gravity are studied in a manifestly gauge invariant Hamiltonian formalism. After the derivation of the Hamiltonian equations of motion in this framework, the gauge…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-06-08 Yu Han , Kristina Giesel , Yongge Ma

In scalar-vector-tensor (SVT) theories with parity invariance, we perform a gauge-ready formulation of cosmological perturbations on the flat Friedmann-Lema\^{i}tre-Robertson-Walker (FLRW) background by taking into account a matter perfect…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2018-12-12 Lavinia Heisenberg , Ryotaro Kase , Shinji Tsujikawa

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

Symmetric teleparallel gravity offers to reformulate the gravitational formalism without the presence of curvature and torsion with the help of non-metricity tensors. Interestingly, Symmetric teleparallel gravity can be formulated…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-07-12 Gaurav N. Gadbail , Ameya Kolhatkar , Sanjay Mandal , P. K. Sahoo

Symmetric teleparallel gravity and its $f(Q)$ extensions have emerged as promising alternatives to General Relativity (GR), yet the role of explicit geometry-matter couplings remains largely unexplored. In this work, we address this gap by…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-09-22 Ayush Hazarika , Simran Arora , P. K. Sahoo , Tiberiu Harko

In a recent proposal using the group field theory approach, a spatially homogeneous (generally anisotropic) universe is described as a quantum gravity condensate of "atoms of space," which allows the derivation of an effective cosmological…

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