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Over the past century, General Relativity (GR) has been a cornerstone of gravitational theory. However, recent cosmological observations, such as the accelerated expansion of the Universe, challenge its completeness and the standard…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-06-02 Lakhan V. Jaybhaye

We generalize previous work by considering a novel gravitational model with an action given by an arbitrary function of the Ricci scalar, the matter Lagrangian density, a scalar field and a kinetic term constructed from the gradients of the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2013-02-06 Tiberiu Harko , Francisco S. N. Lobo , Olivier Minazzoli

The standard formulation of general relativity fails to describe some recent interests in the universe. It impels us to go beyond the standard formulation of gravity. The $f(Q)$ gravity theory is an interesting modified theory of gravity,…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2022-04-14 Sanjay Mandal , Abhishek Parida , P. K. Sahoo

In this study of the modified $f(Q)$ theory of gravity in the spatially flat Friedmann-Lema\^itre-Robertson-Walker (FLRW) spacetime, we explore all the affine connections compatible with the symmetric teleparallel structure; three classes…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-10-25 Ganesh Subramaniam , Avik De , Tee-How Loo , Yong Kheng Goh

We consider the cosmological implications of a four-dimensional extension of the Gauss-Bonnet $f(G)$ gravity, where $G$ is the Gauss-Bonnet topological invariant, in which the Einstein-Hilbert action is replaced by an arbitrary function…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-06-23 Ratul Mandal , Himanshu Chaudhary , Tiberiu Harko , Ujjal Debnath , G. Mustafa

The introduction of General Relativity (GR) in 1915 revolutionized our understanding of gravity, but over time, its limitations in explaining phenomena like dark energy, dark matter, and quantum gravity have motivated alternative theories.…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-07-08 N. S. Kavya

We consider an $f(Q,T)$ type gravity model in which the scalar non-metricity $Q_{\alpha \mu \nu}$ of the space-time is expressed in its standard Weyl form, and it is fully determined by a vector field $w_{\mu}$. The field equations of the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-11-18 Yixin Xu , Tiberiu Harko , Shahab Shahidi , Shi-Dong Liang

Einstein's celebrated theory of gravitation can be presented in three forms: general relativity, teleparallel gravity, and the rarely considered before symmetric teleparallel gravity. Extending the latter, we introduce a new class of…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2018-06-12 Laur Järv , Mihkel Rünkla , Margus Saal , Ott Vilson

In theoretical physics, the fundamental nature and evolution mechanism of dark energy is still an open question. In General Relativity Theory, the simplest explanation for dark energy is the cosmological constant $\Lambda$. However, the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2022-03-09 Raja Solanki , Avik De , P. K. Sahoo

We present a novel theory of gravity, namely, an extension of symmetric teleparallel gravity. This is done by introducing a new class of theories where the nonmetricity $Q$ is coupled nonminimally to the matter Lagrangian. This nonminimal…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2019-01-04 Francisco S. N. Lobo , Tiberiu Harko , Tomi S. Koivisto , Gonzalo J. Olmo , Diego Rubiera-Garcia

We show that in theories of generalised teleparallel gravity, whose Lagrangians are algebraic functions of the usual teleparallel Lagrangian, the action and the field equations are not invariant under local Lorentz transformations. We also…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2012-07-04 Baojiu Li , Thomas P. Sotiriou , John D. Barrow

$f(Q,T)$ gravity is a novel extension of the symmetric teleparallel gravity where the Lagrangian $L$ is represented through an arbitrary function of the nonmetricity $Q$ and the trace of the energy-momentum tensor $T$ \cite{fqt}. In this…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2022-03-23 Snehasish Bhattacharjee

General Relativity (GR) is not the only way gravity can be geometrised. Instead of curvature, the Teleparallel Theory attributes gravity to torsion $T$, which is related to the antysimmetric part of connection, and the Symmetric…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-12-02 J. C. N de Araujo , H. G. M. Fortes

We study teleparallel gravitational theories with are invariant under the conformal transformations. Wide family of the gravitational Lagrangians that are invariant under conformal transformations have investigated. Cosmological solutions…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2014-06-24 Davood Momeni , Ratbay Myrzakulov

Teleparallel gravity has significantly increased in popularity in recent decades, bringing attention to Einstein's other theory of gravity. In this Review, we relate this form of geometry to the broader metric-affine approach to forming…

The variety of theories that can account for the dark energy phenomenon encourages current research to concentrate on a more in-depth examination of the potential impacts of modified gravity on both local and cosmic scales. We discuss some…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-01-27 Gaurav N. Gadbail , Simran Arora , P. K. Sahoo

Modified gravity theories have the potential of explaining the recent acceleration of the Universe without resorting to the mysterious concept of dark energy. In particular, it has been pointed out that matter-geometry coupling may be…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2016-08-17 Min-Xing Xu , Tiberiu Harko , Shi-Dong Liang

We construct a theory in which the gravitational interaction is described only by torsion, but that generalizes the Teleparallel Theory still keeping the invariance of local Lorentz transformations in one particular case. We show that our…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2016-07-07 Ednaldo L. B. Junior , Manuel E. Rodrigues

In this paper, we investigate the existence of bulk viscous FLRW cosmological models in a recently proposed extended symmetric teleparallel gravity or $f\left( Q,T\right) $ gravity in which $Q$ is the non-metricity and $T$ is the trace of…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2022-12-01 M. Koussour , S. H. Shekh , M. Bennai , T. Ouali

Both the generalized teleparallel theories of gravity suffer from some serious problems. The strong coupling issue appearing as a consequence of extra degrees of freedom in the `generalized metric teleparallel gravity' theory, prompted to…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-03-26 Dalia Saha , Abhik Kumar Sanyal