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It is shown that all generalized two--dimensional dilaton theories with arbitrary matter content (with a curvature independent coupling to gravity) do not only obey a first law of black hole mechanics (which follows from Wald's general…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-10-31 Norbert Duechting , Thomas Strobl

The properties of the quantum universe on extremely small spacetime scales are studied in the semi-classical approach to the well-defined quantum model. It is shown that near the initial cosmological singularity point quantum gravity…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2010-04-30 V. E. Kuzmichev , V. V. Kuzmichev

We prove a singularity theorem in semiclassical gravity without assuming global hyperbolicity or the null energy/curvature condition; the former is replaced by the weaker causality conditions of stable causality and past reflectivity, and…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2026-05-08 Netta Engelhardt , Ivri Nagar

We investigate the laws of thermodynamics in an accelerating universe driven by dark energy with a time-dependent equation of state. In the case we consider that the physically relevant part of the Universe is that envelopped by the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-11-11 Bin Wang , Yungui Gong , Elcio Abdalla

The model of the homogenous and isotropic universe with two spaces is considered. The background space is a coordinate system of reference and defines the behaviour of the universe. The other space characterizes the gravity of the matter of…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2007-05-23 Dmitri Khokhlov

The spatially homogeneous, isotropic Standard Cosmological Model appears to describe our Universe reasonably well. However, Einstein's equations allow a much larger class of cosmological solutions. Theorems originally due to Penrose and…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2007-05-23 B. K. Berger , D. Garfinkle , V. Moncrief

In this work, I present a generalized linear Hubble law for a barotropic spherically symmetric inhomogeneous spacetime, which is in principle compatible with the acceleration of the cosmic expansion obtained as a result of high redshift…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2014-11-17 J. -F. Pascual-Sánchez

We show that a general solution of the Einstein equations that describes approach to an inhomogeneous and anisotropic sudden spacetime singularity does not experience geodesic incompleteness. This generalises the result established for…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2013-09-11 John D. Barrow , S. Cotsakis

The thermodynamics of the Universe is restudied by requiring its compatibility with the holographic-style gravitational equations which govern the dynamics of both the cosmological apparent horizon and the entire Universe, and possible…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-07-29 David Wenjie Tian , Ivan Booth

We explore the derivation of the Friedmann equations from a thermodynamic perspective, applying the unified first law of thermodynamics to the apparent horizon of a flat Friedmann-Lema\^itre-Robertson-Walker (FLRW) universe. We extend this…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-01-29 Víctor H. Cárdenas , Miguel Cruz , Samuel Lepe

Late-time cosmic acceleration has motivated the exploration of various extensions of general relativity, among which $f(Q,\mathcal{T})$ gravity, based on the non-metricity scalar $Q$ and the trace of the energy--momentum tensor…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-04-29 Anirudh Pradhan , A. Husain , M. Zeyauddin , S. H. Shekh

It has been shown that classical non-minimally coupled scalar fields can violate all of the standard energy conditions in general relativity. Violations of the null and averaged null energy conditions obtainable with such fields have been…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-10-31 L. H. Ford , Thomas A. Roman

We construct models of universe with a generalized equation of state $p=(\alpha \rho+k\rho^{1+1/n})c^2$ having a linear component and a polytropic component. In this paper, we consider negative indices $n<0$. In that case, the polytropic…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-12-01 Pierre-Henri Chavanis

We explore some thermodynamical consequences of accelerated universes driven by a running cosmological constant (CC) from the renormalization group (RG). Application of the generalized second law (GSL) of gravitational thermodynamics to a…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2008-11-26 R. Horvat

We consider the existence and stability of the Einstein static universe under the Generalized Uncertainty Principle (GUP) effects. We show that this solution in the presence of perfect fluid with a minimal length is cyclically stable around…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2017-05-25 K. Atazadeh , F. Darabi

The anomalous conformal transformation law of the generalized entropy is found for dilaton gravity coupled to a 1+1 conformal matter sector with central charges $c = \tilde{c}$. (When $c \ne \tilde{c}$ the generalized entropy is not…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2016-11-08 Aron C. Wall

We study the tensorial modes of the two-fluid model, where one of this fluids has an equation of state $p = - \rho/3$ (variable cosmological constant, cosmic string fluid, texture) or $p = - \rho$ (cosmological constant), while the other…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2007-05-23 J. C. Fabris , S. V. B. Goncalves

Recent high precision data by WMAP and SDSS have provided strong evidence to suggest that the universe is nearly flat. They are also making it possible to probe the topology of the universe. Motivated by these results, we have recently…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 B. Mota , M. J. Reboucas , R. Tavakol

Matter with an equation of state $p=-\rho/3$ may arise in certain scalar field theories, and the energy density of this matter decreases as $a^{-2}$ with the scale factor $a$ of the Universe. In this case, the Universe could be closed but…

Astrophysics · Physics 2010-11-30 Marc Kamionkowski , Nicolaos Toumbas

This paper explores the non-equilibrium behavior of thermodynamics at the apparent horizon of isotropic and homogeneous universe model in $f(\mathcal{G},T)$ gravity ($\mathcal{G}$ and $T$ represent the Gauss-Bonnet invariant and trace of…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2018-03-13 M. Sharif , Ayesha Ikram