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A quantization of unimodular gravity is described, which results in a quantum effective action which is also unimodular, ie a function of a metric with fixed determinant. A consequence is that contributions to the energy momentum tensor of…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2013-05-29 Lee Smolin

In this work, the classical Godel solution from general relativity is extended into the framework of modified gravity theories based on non-metricity $Q$ and the trace of the energy-momentum tensor $T$ in the context of $f(Q,T)$ gravity.…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-10-21 Tuhina Ghorui , Prabir Rudra , Farook Rahaman

Unimodular gravity is an interesting approach to address the cosmological constant problem, since the vacuum energy density of quantum fields does not gravitate in this framework, and the cosmological constant appears as an integration…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2018-04-11 Yuri Bonder , Cristobal Corral

We combine the unimodular gravity and mimetic gravity theories into a unified theoretical framework, which is proposed to provide a suggestive proposal for a framework that may assist in the discussion and solution search of the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2016-05-25 S. Nojiri , S. D. Odintsov , V. K. Oikonomou

We examine the question as to whether the Palatini f(R) gravity theories permit space-times in which the causality is violated. We show that every perfect-fluid G\"{o}del-type solution of Palatini f(R) gravity with density $\rho$ and…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2010-06-30 J. Santos , M. J. Reboucas , T. B. R. F. Oliveira

In this paper, conditions for existence of G\"{o}del and G\"{o}del-type solutions in Brans-Dicke (BD) scalar-tensor theory and their main features are studied. The consistency of equations of motion, causality violation and existence of…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2016-10-12 J. A. Agudelo , J. R. Nascimento , A. Yu. Petrov , P. J. Porfírio , A. F. Santos

Unimodular gravity is an appealing approach to address the cosmological constant problem. In this scenario, the vacuum energy density of quantum fields does not gravitate and the cosmological constant appears merely as an integration…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2020-07-03 Cristóbal Corral , Norman Cruz , Esteban González

A scalar-tensor theory of gravity is formulated in which $G$ and particle masses are allowed to vary. The theory yields a globally static cosmological model with no evolutionary timescales, no cosmological coincidences, and no flatness and…

General Physics · Physics 2015-10-01 Meir Shimon

We consider models of gravitation that are based on unimodular general coordinate transformations (GCT). These transformations include only those which do not change the determinant of the metric. We treat the determinant as a separate…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-05-30 Pankaj Jain , Purnendu Karmakar , Subhadip Mitra , Sukanta Panda , Naveen K. Singh

Unimodular Gravity is one of the oldest geometric gravity theory alternative to General Relativity. Essentially, it is based on the Einstein-Hilbert Lagrangian with an additional constraint on the determinant of the metric. It can be…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-01-31 Marcelo H. Alvarenga , Júlio C. Fabris , Hermano Velten

Unimodular gravity is classically equivalent to General Relativity. This equivalence extends to actions which are functions of the curvature scalar. At the quantum level, the dynamics could differ. Most importantly, the cosmological…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-05-20 Astrid Eichhorn

New type of nonsingular oscillating solutions for the Universe described by cosmological equations of gauge theories of gravity is presented. Advantages of these solutions with respect to existing nonsingular solutions within framework of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 G. Vereshchagin

With the goal of studying the cosmological constant (CC) problem, we present an exhaustive analysis of unimodular gravity as a possible candidate to resolve the CC origin and with this, the current Universe acceleration. In this theory, a…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2021-05-28 Miguel A. García-Aspeitia , A. Hernández-Almada , Juan Magaña , V. Motta

A finite and unitary nonlocal formulation of quantum gravity is applied to the cosmological constant problem. The entire functions in momentum space at the graviton-standard model particle loop vertices generate an exponential suppression…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2016-02-08 J. W. Moffat

The problem of the cosmological constant appears in a new light in Unimodular Gravity. In particular, the zero momentum piece of the potential (that is, the constant piece independent of the matter fields) does not automatically produce a…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2018-02-15 Enrique Álvarez , Sergio González-Martín , Mario Herrero-Valea , Carmelo P. Martín

We discuss the G\"{o}del-type solutions within the dynamical Chern-Simons modified gravity in four dimensions. Within our study, we show that in the vacuum case the causal solutions are possible which cannot take place within the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2016-12-07 P. J. Porfirio , J. B. Fonseca-Neto , J. R. Nascimento , A. Yu. Petrov

Extensions of the gravity theory in order to obtain traceless field equations have been widely considered in the literature. The leading example of such class of theories is the unimodular gravity, but there are other possibilities like the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2019-12-23 Mahamadou Daouda , J. C. Fabris , A. M. Oliveira , F. Smirnov , H. E. S. Velten

We study global scale invariance along with the unimodular gravity in the vacuum. The global scale invariant gravitational action which follows the unimodular general coordinate transformations is considered without invoking any scalar…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2013-11-01 Naveen K. Singh

The article deals with G\"odel-like solutions in the context of Galilean gravity, a geometric formulation of non-relativistic gravitation defined on a five-dimensional Galilean manifold. Within this framework, non-relativistic matter fields…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-02-17 A. F. Santos , R. G. G. Amorim , K. V. S. Araújo , S. C. Ulhoa

The stationary cosmological model without closed timelike curves of G\"odel type is obtained for the ideal dust matter source within the framework of the teleparallel gravity. For a specific choice of the teleparallel gravity parameters,…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-11-10 Yu. N. Obukhov , T. Vargas