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In this paper, we consider homogeneous cosmological solutions in the context of the Weyl geometrical scalar-tensor theory. Firstly, we exhibit an anisotropic Kasner type solution taking advantage of some similarities between this theory and…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-07-11 Adriano Barros , Carlos Romero

We introduce "anamorphic" cosmology, an approach for explaining the smoothness and flatness of the universe on large scales and the generation of a nearly scale-invariant spectrum of adiabatic density perturbations. The defining feature is…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-10-02 Anna Ijjas , Paul J. Steinhardt

We provide a cosmological implementation of the evolutionary quantum gravity, describing an isotropic Universe, in the presence of a negative cosmological constant and a massive (preinflationary) scalar field. We demonstrate that the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-06-22 Francesco Cianfrani , Giovanni Montani , Fabrizio Pittorino

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

Building upon our recently established correspondence between quantum cosmology and the hydrogen atom [1], we investigate the specific sector of a negative cosmological constant ($\Lambda < 0$) in a flat FLRW universe with dust. While the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-01-29 Dipayan Mukherjee , Harkirat Singh Sahota , S. Shankaranarayanan

We propose a new cosmological paradigm in which our observed expanding phase is originated from an initially large contracting Universe that subsequently experienced a bounce. This category of models, being geodesically complete, is…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2008-11-07 Patrick Peter , Nelson Pinto-Neto

We consider a Friedmann-Robertson-Walker spacetime filled with both viscous radiation and nonviscous dust. The former has a bulk viscosity which is proportional to an arbitrary power of the energy density, i.e. $\zeta \propto \rho_v^{\nu}$,…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-05-11 Giovanni Acquaviva , Aroonkumar Beesham

We perform a minisuperspace analysis of an information-theoretic nonlinear Wheeler-deWitt (WDW) equation for de Sitter universes. The nonlinear WDW equation, which is in the form of a difference-differential equation, is transformed into a…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2012-04-02 Rajesh R. Parwani , Siti Nursaba Tarih

We apply phase space analysis to inhomogeneous cosmological model given by Lema\^itre-Tolman model. We describe some general conditions required to interpret the model stable enough and, in the present paper, apply them to two special…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2013-01-28 P. Sundell , I. Vilja

We present a rich class of exact solutions which contains radiation-dominated and matter-dominated models for the early and late universe. They include a variable cosmological ``constant'' which is derived from a higher dimension and…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2014-11-17 Hongya Liu , Paul S. Wesson

Decaying vacuum cosmological models evolving smoothly between two extreme (very early and late time) de Sitter phases are capable to solve or at least to alleviate some cosmological puzzles, among them: (i) the singularity, (ii) horizon,…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2018-07-26 G. J. M. Zilioti , R. C. Santos , J. A. S. Lima

We construct an approximate solution to the cosmological perturbation theory around Einstein-de Sitter background up to the fourth-order perturbations. This could be done with the help of the specific symmetry condition imposed on the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2021-03-17 Szymon Sikora , Krzysztof Głód

A new cosmological model based on the de Sitter gravity is investigated by dynamical analysis and numerical discussions. Via some transformations, the evolution equations of this model can form an autonomous system with 8 physical critical…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2011-11-01 Xi-chen Ao , Xin-zhou Li , Ping Xi

A new model of the observed universe, using solutions to the full Einstein equations, is developed from the hypothesis that our observable universe is an underdense bubble, with an internally inhomogeneous fractal bubble distribution of…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2007-05-23 David L. Wiltshire

We present a general framework for analyzing spatially inhomogeneous cosmological dynamics. It employs Hubble-normalized scale-invariant variables which are defined within the orthonormal frame formalism, and leads to the formulation of…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-11-10 Claes Uggla , Henk van Elst , John Wainwright , George F R Ellis

We consider here the dynamics of some homogeneous and isotropic cosmological models with $N$ interacting classical scalar fields non-minimally coupled to the spacetime curvature, as an attempt to generalize some recent results obtained for…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2007-05-23 L. Brenig , A. Figueiredo , E. Gunzig , T. M. Rocha Filho , Alberto Saa

The linear cosmological perturbation theory of almost homogeneous and isotropic perfect fluid and scalar field universes is reconsidered and formally simplified. Using the existence of a covariant conserved quantity on large perturbation…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2007-05-23 Winfried Zimdahl

We consider general curvature-invariant modifications of the Einstein-Hilbert action that become important only in regions of extremely low space-time curvature. We investigate the far future evolution of the universe in such models,…

A Lagrangian relativistic approach to the non--linear dynamics of cosmological perturbations of an irrotational collisionless fluid is considered. Solutions are given at second order in perturbation theory for the relevant fluid and…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-24 S. Matarrese , O. Pantano , D. Saez

A conservative extension of general relativity by integrable Weyl geometry is formulated, and a new class of cosmological models ({\em Weyl universes}) is introduced and studied. A short discussion of how these new models behave in the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Erhard Scholz