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In this paper, we investigate the modified Geodesic Deviation Equation (GDE) in the framework of $f(R,T)$ theory of gravity where $R$ and $T$ are the curvature scalar and the trace of the energy-momentum tensor, respectively, using the FLRW…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2017-05-04 E. H. Baffou , M. J. S. Houndjo , M. E. Rodrigues , A. V. Kpadonou , J. Tossa

Motivated by the newly proposal for gravity as the effect of the torsion scalar $T$ and trace of the energy momentum tensor $\mathcal{T}$,we investigate the cosmological reconstruction of different models of the Universe. Our aim here is to…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2018-10-09 Davood Momeni , Ratbay Myrzakulov

In spite of their original discrepancy, both dark energy and modified theory of gravity can be parameterized by the effective equation of state (EOS) $\omega$ for the expansion history of the Universe. A useful model independent approach to…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2011-03-18 Seokcheon Lee

In this work we study the cosmology of the general f(T) gravity theory. We express the modified Einstein equations using covariant quantities, and derive the gauge-invariant perturbation equations in covariant form. We consider a specific…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2011-11-02 Baojiu Li , Thomas P. Sotiriou , John D. Barrow

The energy conditions are derived in the context of $f(R,T)$ gravity, where $R$ is the Ricci scalar and $T$ is the trace of the energy-momentum tensor, which can reduce to the well-known conditions in $f(R)$ gravity and general relativity.…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-06-11 Muhammad Sharif , Muhammad Zubair

We investigate the cosmological perturbations in the context of a Scalar-Tensor-Vector theory of Gravity known as MOG in the literature. Recent investigations show that MOG reproduces a viable background cosmological evolution comparable to…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2020-02-18 Sara Jamali , Mahmood Roshan , Luca Amendola

In this paper, we ponder observational constraints on the modified $f(R,T)$ gravity, where the gravitational action is a function of Ricci scalar $R$ plus the trace of the energy-momentum tensor $T$, regarding the functional form…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-05-01 Mahnaz Asghari , Ahmad Sheykhi

We present a fully covariant and gauge-invariant analysis of linear cosmological perturbations in Energy-Momentum Squared Gravity. Working within the 1+3 formalism, we derive the exact propagation equations for scalar, vector, and tensor…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-11-10 Peter K. S. Dunsby , Maria-Alexia Caldis , Eduardo Bittencourt

We study second-order cosmological perturbations in scalar-tensor models of dark energy that satisfy local gravity constraints, including f(R) gravity. We derive equations for matter fluctuations under a sub-horizon approximation and…

Astrophysics · Physics 2010-10-12 Takayuki Tatekawa , Shinji Tsujikawa

We investigate the growth factor for sub-horizon modes during late times in $f(T,\mathcal{T})$ gravity, where $T$ is the torsion scalar and $\mathcal{T}$ is the trace of the stress-energy tensor. This is achieved by obtaining the modified…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2016-12-06 Gabriel Farrugia , Jackson Levi Said

This paper is devoted to investigate the recently proposed modified Gauss-Bonnet $f(\mathcal{G},T)$ gravity, with $\mathcal{G}$, the Gauss-Bonnet term, coupled with ${T}$, the trace of energy-momentum tensor. We have used the Noether…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2017-07-12 M. Farasat Shamir , Mushtaq Ahmad

The basic aim of this manuscript is to investigate the cosmological solutions in the context of the modified $f(R, T)$ theory of gravity, where $R$ is the Ricci scalar and $T$ is the trace of the energy-momentum tensor. For our current…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-03-26 Adnan Malik , Tayyaba Naz , Aimen Rauf , M. Farasat Shamir , Z. Yousaf

In this paper, we examine the acceleration of the Universe's expansion in $F(R,T)$ gravity, where $R$ denotes the Ricci scalar and $T$ the trace of energy-momentum tensor. Indeed, the unknown nature of the source controlling this…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-04-25 Ahmed Errahmani , Amine Bouali , Safae Dahmani , Imad El Bojaddaini , Taoufik Ouali

This work is devoted to analyze the energy of the Universe in the context of f(T) theories. Such theories are the analogous counterpart of the well known f(R) theories that, however, uses torsion instead of curvature. We obtain a general…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2013-12-05 S. C. Ulhoa , E. P. Spaniol

We investigate the evolution of cosmic structures within the framework of modified gravity, specifically focusing on theories described by the function $f(R, L_m)$, where $R$ is the Ricci scalar and $L_m$ is the matter Lagrangian. This…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-07-08 G. K. Goswami , J. P. Saini

We developed the cosmological linear theory of perturbations for $f(Q,T)$ gravity, which is an extension of symmetric teleparallel gravity, with $Q$ the non-metricity and $T$ the trace of the stress-energy tensor. By considering an ansatz…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2022-03-11 Antonio Nájera , Amanda Fajardo

Density perturbations in the cosmic microwave background within general $f(R,\phi)$ models of gravity are investigated. The general dynamical equations for the tensor and scalar modes in any $f(R,\phi)$ gravity model are derived. An…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2017-10-11 Fayçal Hammad

We present the coupling of the torsion scalar $T$ and the trace of energy-momentum tensor $\mathcal{T}$, which produces new modified $f(T,\mathcal{T})$ gravity. Moreover, we consider the functional form $f(T,\mathcal{T}) =\alpha…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-03-13 Simran Arora , Aaqid Bhat , P. K. Sahoo

An accelerated expansion phase is being experienced by the universe due to the presence of an unknown energy component known as dark energy (DE). To find out the cosmic evolution scientists ever tried to modify Einstein's gravitational…

General Physics · Physics 2018-11-14 M. Zubair , M. Zeeshan

We investigate cosmological perturbations of f(G) gravity in the presence of a scalar field. Using the 1 + 3 covariant formalism, we present the energy overdensity perturbation equations responsible for large scale structure formation.…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-12-27 Albert Munyeshyaka , Joseph Ntahompagaze , Tom Mutabazi , Manasse. R Mbonye