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We study flat Friedmann-Lemaitre-Robertson-Walker cosmological models for a scalar field coupled nonminimally to teleparallel gravity with generic coupling and potential functions. The goal of this paper is to determine the conditions under…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2016-08-08 Laur Jarv , Alexey Toporensky

In hep-th/0506040 we discussed a classically constrained model of gravity. This theory contains known solutions of General Relativity (GR), and admits solutions that are absent in GR. Here we study cosmological implications of some of these…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2008-11-26 Gregory Gabadadze , Yanwen Shang

Symmetric teleparallel $f(Q)$-gravity allows for the presence of a perfect fluid with a tilted velocity in the Kantowski-Sachs geometry. In this dipole model, we consider an ideal gas and we investigate the evolution of the physical…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-07-23 Andronikos Paliathanasis

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

We study the evolution of the physical variables in $f\left( Q\right) $-gravity for two families of symmetric and flat connections in a spatially flat Friedmann--Lema\^{\i}tre--Robertson--Walker geometry where the equation of motion for the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-05-16 Andronikos Paliathanasis

In this paper we elaborate on the symmetric teleparallel gravity (STPG) written in a non-Riemannian spacetime with nonzero nonmetricity, but zero torsion and zero curvature. Firstly we give a prescription for obtaining the nonmetricity from…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2016-08-14 Muzaffer Adak , Özcan Sert , Mestan Kalay , Murat Sarı

General relativity can be presented in terms of other geometries besides Riemannian. In particular, teleparallel geometry (i.e., curvature vanishes) has some advantages, especially concerning energy-momentum localization and its…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2007-05-23 J. M. Nester , H-J Yo

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

We study cosmological solutions in nonlocal teleparallel gravity or $f(T)$ theory, where $T$ is the torsion scalar in teleparallel gravity. This is a natural extenstion of the usual teleparallel gravity with nonlocal terms. In this work the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2018-10-09 Kazuharu Bamba , Davood Momeni , Mudhahir Al Ajmi

The $f(Q,C)$ theory, which extends symmetric teleparallel gravity by including the boundary term $C$ in addition to the non-metricity scalar $Q$, provides a unifying framework that encompasses both $f(Q)$ and $f(\mathring{R})$ gravities. In…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-09-30 Hamid Shabani , Avik De

In teleparallel gravity and, in particular, in $F(T)$ teleparallel gravity, there is a challenge in determining an appropriate (co-)frame and its corresponding spin connection to describe the geometry. Very often, the "proper" frame, the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2022-11-17 A. A. Coley , R. J. van den Hoogen , D. D. McNutt

This work investigates the dynamical evolution of the universe within the framework of symmetric teleparallel $f(Q,\mathcal{T})$ gravity, where $Q$ is the non-metricity scalar and $\mathcal{T}$ is the trace of the energy-momentum tensor. We…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-05-19 S. H. Shekh , S. B. Thool , Pankaj Kumar , P. C. Kalan , R. M. Dhaigude

We consider the Brans-Dicke theory in non-metricity gravity, which belongs to the family of symmetric teleparallel scalar-tensor theories. Our focus lies in exploring the implications of the conformal transformation, as we derive the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-10-26 Andronikos Paliathanasis

We discuss conformal issues of pure and extended teleparallel gravity. In particular, we present formulations of conformal transformation in teleparallel gravity. Furthermore, we propose conformal scalar and gauge field theories in…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2013-11-19 Kazuharu Bamba , Sergei D. Odintsov , Diego Sáez-Gómez

Evidence for almost spatial flatness of the Universe has been provided from several observational probes, including the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) and Baryon Acoustic Oscillations (BAO) from galaxy clustering data. However, other…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2023-09-14 Raul Jimenez , Ali Rida Khalife , Daniel F. Litim , Sabino Matarrese , Benjamin D. Wandelt

We discuss an extended Teleparallel gravity models comprising functions of scalar invariants constructed by torsion, torsion Gauss-Bonnet and boundary terms. We adopt the Noether Symmetry Approach to select the functional forms, the first…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2019-05-22 Sebastian Bahamonde , Ugur Camci , Salvatore Capozziello

The discovery of the accelerated expansion of the universe highlighted General Relativity's inability to naturally account for dark energy without invoking a finely tuned cosmological constant. In response, a wide range of alternative…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-11-11 P. A. G. Monteiro , C. J. A. P. Martins

We propose an extension of the symmetric teleparallel gravity, in which the gravitational action $L$ is given by an arbitrary function $f$ of the nonmetricity $Q$ and of the trace of the matter energy-momentum tensor $T$, so that…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2020-05-19 Yixin Xu , Guangjie Li , Tiberiu Harko , Shi-Dong Liang

Symmetry plays a crucial role in theoretical physics, especially Noether symmetry, which is a powerful approach for identifying the models at the fundamental level. The exact solution is provided within the point-like Lagrangian framework.…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-10-21 M. Mahmoudzadeh Baghbani , K. Atazadeh , M. Mousavi

The superstring and superbrane theories which include gravity as a necessary and fundamental part renew an interest to alternative representations of general relativity as well as the alternative models of gravity. We study the coframe…

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