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We investigate the evolution of non vacuum Friedmann-Lema\^itre-Robertson-Walker (FLRW) with any spatial curvature in the context of Gauss-Bonnet gravity. The analysis employs a new method which enables us to explore the phase space of any…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2017-09-13 Sante Carloni , José P. Mimoso

We revisit the dynamics of a nonminimally coupled scalar field model in case of $F(\phi)R$ coupling with $F(\phi)= 1-\xi\phi^2 $, and the potentials $V(\phi) = V_0 (1+ \phi^p)^2$, $V(\phi)= V_0 e^{\lambda \phi^2}$. We use an autonomous…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2019-10-02 M. Shahalam , R. Myrzakulov , Maxim Yu. Khlopov

We consider cosmological dynamics in the theory of gravity with the scalar field possessing the nonminimal kinetic coupling to curvature given as $\kappa G^{\mu\nu}\phi_{,\mu}\phi_{,\nu}$, and the Higgs-like potential…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2017-09-18 Jiro Matsumoto , Sergey V. Sushkov

We construct a compact phase space for flat FLRW spacetimes with standard matter described by a perfect fluid with a barotropic equation of state for general f(R) theories of gravity, subject to certain conditions on the function f. We then…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-06-03 Mohamed Abdelwahab , Rituparno Goswami , Peter K. S. Dunsby

In this paper the scalar-tensor theory of gravity is assumed to describe the evolution of the universe and the gravitational scalar $\phi$ is ascribed to play the role of inflaton. The theory is characterized by the specified coupling…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-10-31 Mian Wang

In this publication we investigate dynamics of a flat FRW cosmological model with a non-minimally coupled scalar field with the coupling term $\xi R \psi^{2}$ in the scalar field action. The quadratic potential function $V(\psi)\propto…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-05-06 Orest Hrycyna , Marek Szydlowski

In this work we investigate several theoretical and phenomenological implications of a scalar -$F(R)$ gravity containing a non-minimal coupling to the scalar curvature. This kind of model is a generalization of axion-$F(R)$ gravity models,…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2020-05-20 Shin'ichi Nojiri , S. D. Odintsov , V. K. Oikonomou

One of the so-called viable modified gravities is analyzed. This kind of gravity theories are characterized by a well behavior at local scales, where General Relativity is recovered, while the modified terms become important at the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-06-12 Diego Sáez-Gómez

We discuss the classical aspects of dynamics of scalar models with non-positive Higgs potentials in the FRW cosmology. These models appear as effective local models in non-local models related with string field theories. After a suitable…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-06-03 I. Ya. Aref'eva , N. V. Bulatov , R. V. Gorbachev

In this paper we consider a model of scalar-tensor theory of gravitation in which the scalar field, $\phi$ determines the gravitational coupling G and has a Lagrangian of the form, $\mathcal{L}_{\phi} =-V(\phi)\sqrt{1 -…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2008-12-11 Sanil Unnikrishnan , T. R. Seshadri

In this work, we investigate the cosmological dynamics of the $f(R, \mathcal{L}_m)$ gravity framework with a particular focus on the contributions of the scalar field. Considering a functional form that includes linear and exponential…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-04-01 Y. Kalpana Devi , Rahul Bhagat , B. Mishra

We develop a bifurcation-theoretic description of Friedmann--Robertson--Walker cosmologies with a scalar field $\phi$, a barotropic fluid of index $\gamma$, and spatial curvature. For the strict exponential potential…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-04-08 Spiros Cotsakis

In this letter we apply dynamical system methods to study all evolutional paths admissible for all initial conditions of the FRW cosmological model with a non-minimally coupled to gravity scalar field and a barotropic fluid. We choose…

Astrophysics · Physics 2011-07-13 Marek Szydlowski , Orest Hrycyna

Considering the Friedmann--Lema\^{i}tre--Robertson--Walker (FLRW) metric and the Einstein scalar field system as an underlying gravitational model to construct fractional cosmological models has interesting implications in both classical…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-07-26 S. M. M. Rasouli , S. Cheraghchi , P. V. Moniz

We study FRW cosmology for scalar tensor theory where two scalar functions nonminimally coupled to the geometry and matter Lagrangian. In a framework to study stability and attractor solutions of the model in the phase space, we…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2011-11-22 Hossein Farajollahi , Amin Salehi , Mohammad Nasiri

The Universe is currently in a phase of accelerated expansion, a fact that was experimentally proven in the late 1990s. Cosmological models involving scalar fields allow the description of this accelerated expansion regime in the Cosmos and…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-10-11 Joao R. L. Santos , S. Santos da Costa , Romario S. Santos

We study scaling symmetry in a class of non-minimally coupled scalar field in a background of Friedmann-Robertson-Walker (FRW) spacetime. We use a non-minimally coupling $R L^{(\varphi)}$. We find the corresponding conserved charge of that…

General Physics · Physics 2023-12-25 Malik Al Matwi

Motivated by the growing interest in the nonmetricity-matter couplings, we develop the scalar-tensor formulation of recently introduced $f(Q,T)$ gravity, where $Q$ is the nonmetricity and $T$ is the trace of the energy-momentum tensor. The…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-02-27 Adam Z. Kaczmarek , João Luís Rosa , Dominik Szczȩśniak

We investigate the cosmological dynamics in teleparallel gravity with nonminimal coupling. We analytically extract several asymptotic solutions and we numerically study the exact phase-space behavior. Comparing the obtained results with the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-03-05 Maria Skugoreva , Emmanuel Saridakis , Alexey Toporensky

We study a scalar-tensor cosmological model where the Einstein tensor is non-minimally coupled to the free scalar field dynamics. Using FRW metric, we investigate the behavior of scale factor for vacuum, matter and dark energy dominated…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-08-06 F. Darabi , A. Parsiya