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Teleparallel theories of gravity are described in terms of the tetrad of a metric and a flat connection with torsion. In this paper, we study spherical symmetry in a modified teleparallel theory of gravity which is based on an arbitrary…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2021-05-06 Sebastian Bahamonde , Christian Pfeifer

Conformal symmetries appear in many parts of physics and play a unique role in exploring the Universe. In this work, we consider the possibility of constructing conformal theories of gravity in the Symmetric Teleparallel Gravity framework,…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2020-03-18 Viktor Gakis , Martin Krššák , Jackson Levi Said , Emmanuel N. Saridakis

We analyze the construction of conformal theories of gravity in the realm of teleparallel theories. We first present a family of conformal theories which are quadratic in the torsion tensor and are constructed out of the tetrad field and of…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2012-01-19 J. W. Maluf , F. F. Faria

General Relativity and its higher derivative extensions have symmetric teleparallel reformulations in terms of the non-metricity tensor within a torsion-free and flat geometry. These notes present a derivation of the exact propagator for…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2018-11-07 Aindriú Conroy , Tomi Koivisto

Theories of gravity based on teleparallel geometries are characterized by the torsion, which is a function of the coframe, derivatives of the coframe, and a zero curvature and metric compatible spin connection. The appropriate notion of a…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-10-31 Alan A. Coley , Alexandre Landry , Robert J. van den Hoogen , David D. McNutt

In teleparallel geometries, symmetries are represented by affine frame symmetries which constrain both the (co)frame basis and the spin-connection (which are the primary geometric objects). In this paper we shall study teleparallel…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-02-28 Alan Coley , Robert van den Hoogen

Cosmological perturbations are considered in $f(T)$ and in scalar-torsion $f(\varphi)T$ teleparallel models of gravity. Full sets of linear perturbation equations are accurately derived and analysed at the relevant limits. Interesting…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-01-11 Alexey Golovnev , Tomi Koivisto

Teleparallel gravity offers a new avenue in which to construct gravitational models beyond general relativity. While teleparallel gravity can be framed in a way to be dynamically equivalent to general relativity, its modifications are…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2021-01-28 Sebastian Bahamonde , Viktor Gakis , Stella Kiorpelidi , Tomi Koivisto , Jackson Levi Said , Emmanuel N. Saridakis

Using a recently developed algorithm that chooses preferred coordinates and a preferred co-frame, we will determine the completely general Bianchi type I teleparallel geometry. In using this algorithm, any remaining gauge freedom is…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-02-28 A. A. Coley , R. J. van den Hoogen

We present the proper co-frame and its corresponding (diagonal) co-frame/spin connection pair for spherically symmetric geometries which can be used as an initial ansatz in any theory of teleparallel gravity. The Lorentz transformation…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-11-26 Robert J. van den Hoogen , Hudson X. Forance

In theories such as teleparallel gravity and its extensions, the frame basis replaces the metric tensor as the primary object of study. A choice of coordinate system, frame basis and spin-connection must be made to obtain a solution from…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-02-28 A. A. Coley , R. J. van den Hoogen , D. D. McNutt

The primary constraints for general teleparallel quadratic gravity are presented. They provide a basic classification of teleparallel theories from the perspective of the full nonlinear theory and represent the first step towards a…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-04-29 Francesco Bajardi , Daniel Blixt

The teleparallel formulation of gravity theories reveals close structural analogies to electrodynamics, which are more hidden in their usual formulation in terms of the curvature of spacetime. We show how every locally Lorentz invariant…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2018-06-05 Manuel Hohmann , Laur Järv , Martin Krššák , Christian Pfeifer

It is shown that there are seven types of solutions described in the framework of general relativity theory (GRT), the dynamics of empty homogeneous isotropic three-dimensional spaces. Solution of the equations of GRT, which describes the…

General Physics · Physics 2012-06-04 A. V. Klimenko , V. A. Klimenko

Geometrical structure of homogeneous isotropic models in the frame of the metric-affine gauge theory of gravity (MAGT) is analyzed. By using general form of gravitational Lagrangian including both a scalar curvature and various invariants…

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

The Palatini formalism is developed for gravitational theories in flat geometries. We focus on two particularly interesting scenarios. First, we fix the connection to be metric compatible, but we follow a completely covariant approach by…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2018-09-05 Jose Beltran Jimenez , Lavinia Heisenberg , Tomi Koivisto

As a classical approach, the dynamics of the Universe, influenced by its dark components, are unveiled through prior modifications of Einstein's equations. Cosmography, on the other hand, is a highly efficient tool for reconstructing any…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-07-19 Sai Swagat Mishra , N. S. Kavya , P. K. Sahoo , V. Venkatesha

We extend the class of recently formulated scalar-nonmetricity theories by coupling a five-parameter nonmetricity scalar to a scalar field and considering a mixed kinetic term between the metric and the scalar field. The symmetric…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2018-10-23 Mihkel Rünkla , Ott Vilson

In the conventional formulation of general relativity, gravity is represented by the metric curvature of Riemannian geometry. There are also alternative formulations in flat affine geometries, wherein the gravitational dynamics is instead…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-07-14 Muzaffer Adak , Tekin Dereli , Tomi S. Koivisto , Caglar Pala

Teleparallel geometry offers a platform on which to build up theories of gravity where torsion rather than curvature mediates gravitational interaction. The teleparallel analogue of Horndeski gravity is an approach to teleparallel geometry…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-04-03 Salvatore Capozziello , Maria Caruana , Jackson Levi Said , Joseph Sultana