scholarly journals Cosmological reconstruction of f(T, 𝒯) gravity

2014 ◽  
Vol 11 (08) ◽  
pp. 1450077 ◽  
Author(s):  
Davood Momeni ◽  
Ratbay Myrzakulov

Motivated by the newly proposal for gravity as the effect of the torsion scalar T and trace of the energy momentum tensor 𝒯, we investigate the cosmological reconstruction of different models of the Universe. Our aim here is to show that how this modified gravity model, f(T, 𝒯) is able to reproduce different epochs of the cosmological history. We explicitly show that f(T, 𝒯) can be reconstructed for ΛCDM as the most popular and consistent model. Also we study the mathematical reconstruction of f(T, 𝒯) for a flat cosmological background filled by two fluids mixture. Such model describes phantom–non-phantom era as well as the purely phantom cosmology. We extend our investigation to more cosmological models like perfect fluid, Chaplygin gas and massless scalar field. In each case we obtain some specific forms of f(T, 𝒯). These families of f(T, 𝒯) contain arbitrary function of torsion and trace of the energy momentum.

2015 ◽  
Vol 30 (40) ◽  
pp. 1550214 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. F. Santos ◽  
C. J. Ferst

In this paper, we will examine the problem of violation of causality in [Formula: see text] modified gravity, where [Formula: see text] is the Ricci scalar and [Formula: see text] is the trace of the energy–momentum tensor [Formula: see text]. We investigate the causality problem in two special cases, in the first we consider the matter content of the universe as a perfect fluid and in the second case, the matter content is a perfect fluid plus a scalar field.


1997 ◽  
Vol 06 (03) ◽  
pp. 363-375
Author(s):  
L. Sriramkumar

For want of a more natural proposal, it is generally assumed that the back-reaction of a quantized matter field on a classical metric is given by the expectation value of its energy–momentum tensor, evaluated in a specified state. This semiclassical theory can be reliable only when the fluctuations in the energy–momentum densities of the quantum field are negligible. Based on this condition, Kuo and Ford have constructed a dimensionless quantity, whose magnitude reflects the amount of fluctuation in the back-reaction term and hence on the validity of the semiclassical theory. In this paper, we evaluate this quantity for the minisuperspace model of a quantized massless scalar field in a Friedmann universe. We conclude that the semiclassical theory for the model we consider here can be relied upon only if the scalar field is in states like coherent states. The implications of our investigation on the complete field theory are also discussed.


The physical basis underlying the black hole evaporation process is clarified by a calculation of the expectation value of the energy-momentum tensor for a massless scalar field in a completely general two dimensional collapse scenario. It is found that radiation is produced inside the collapsing matter which propagates both inwards and outwards. The ingoing com­ponent eventually emerges from the star after travelling through the centre. The outgoing energy flux appears at infinity as the evaporation radiation discovered by Hawking. At late times, outside the star, the former component fades out exponentially, and the latter component approaches a value which is independent of the details of the collapse process. In the special case of a collapsing hollow, thin shell of matter, all the radiation is produced at the shell. These results are independent of regularization ambiguities, which enter only the static vacuum polariza­tion terms in the energy-momentum tensor. The significance of an earlier remark about black hole explosions is discussed in the light of these results.


2018 ◽  
Vol 33 (34) ◽  
pp. 1850199 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. I. Keskin

In this study, we examine two models of the scalar field, that is, a normal scalar field and a tachyon scalar field in [Formula: see text] gravity to describe cosmic acceleration of the universe, where [Formula: see text], [Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text] are Ricci curvature scalar, trace of energy–momentum tensor and kinetic energy of scalar field [Formula: see text], respectively. Using the minimal-coupling Lagrangian [Formula: see text], for both the scalar models we obtain a viable cosmological system, where [Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text] are real constants. While a normal scalar field gives a system describing expansion from the deceleration to the late-time acceleration, tachyon field together with [Formula: see text] in the system produces a quintessential expansion which is very close to de Sitter point, where we find a new condition [Formula: see text] for inflation.


1999 ◽  
Vol 11 (05) ◽  
pp. 519-532 ◽  
Author(s):  
SEBASTIANO CARPI

We study the problem of recovering Wightman conserved currents from the canonical local implementations of symmetries which can be constructed in the algebraic framework of quantum field theory, in the limit in which the region of localization shrinks to a point. We show that, in a class of models of conformal quantum field theory in space-time dimension 1+1, which includes the free massless scalar field and the SU(N) chiral current algebras, the energy-momentum tensor can be recovered. Moreover we show that the scaling limit of the canonical local implementation of SO(2) in the free complex scalar field is zero, a manifestation of the fact that, in this last case, the associated Wightman current does not exist.


2016 ◽  
Vol 2016 ◽  
pp. 1-8 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. Mishra ◽  
Sankarsan Tarai ◽  
S. K. Tripathy

Dynamics of an anisotropic universe is studied inf(R,T)gravity using a rescaled functionalf(R,T), whereRis the Ricci Scalar andTis the trace of energy-momentum tensor. Three models have been constructed assuming a power law expansion of the universe. Physical features of the models are discussed. The model parameters are constrained from a dimensional analysis. It is found from the work that the anisotropic Bianchi typeVIh(BVIh) model in the modified gravity generally favours a quintessence phase when the parameterhis either-1or0. We may not get viable models in conformity with the present day observation forh=1.


2019 ◽  
Vol 34 (11) ◽  
pp. 1950066 ◽  
Author(s):  
Can Aktaş

In this research, we have investigated the behavior of massive and massless scalar field (SF) models (normal and phantom) for Kaluza–Klein universe in [Formula: see text] gravity with cosmological term ([Formula: see text]). To obtain field equations, we have used [Formula: see text] model given by Harko et al. [Phys. Rev. D 84, 024020 (2011)] and anisotropy feature of the universe. Finally, we have discussed our results in [Formula: see text] and General Relativity Theory (GRT) with various graphics.


2006 ◽  
Vol 21 (21) ◽  
pp. 4373-4406 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. I. GUENDELMAN ◽  
A. B. KAGANOVICH

There exist field theory models where the fermionic energy–momentum tensor contains a term proportional to [Formula: see text] which may contribute to the dark energy. We show that this new field theory effect can be achieved in the Two Measures Field Theory (TMT) in the cosmological context. TMT is an alternative gravity and matter field theory where the gravitational interaction of fermionic matter is reduced to that of General Relativity when the energy density of the fermion matter is much larger than the dark energy density. In this case also the fifth force problem is solved automatically. In the opposite limit, where the magnitudes of fermionic energy density and scalar field dark energy density become comparable, nonrelativistic fermions can participate in the cosmological expansion in a very unusual manner. Some of the features of such Cosmo-Low-Energy-Physics (CLEP) states are studied in a toy model of the late time universe filled with homogeneous scalar field and uniformly distributed nonrelativistic neutrinos, and the following results are obtained: neutrino mass increases as m ∝ a3/2 (a is the scale factor); the proportionality factor in the noncanonical contribution to the neutrino energy–momentum tensor (proportional to the metric tensor) approaches a constant as a(t) → ∞ and therefore the noncanonical contribution to the neutrino energy density dominates over the canonical one ~ m/a3 ~ a-3/2 at the late enough universe; hence the neutrino gas equation-of-state approaches w = -1, i.e. neutrinos in the CLEP regime behave as a sort of dark energy as a → ∞; the equation-of-state for the total (scalar field + neutrino) energy density and pressure also approaches w = -1 in the CLEP regime; besides the total energy density of such universe is less than it would be in the universe filled with the scalar field alone. An analytic solution is presented. A domain structure of the dark energy seems to be possible. We speculate that decays of the CLEP state neutrinos may be both an origin of cosmic rays and responsible for a late super-acceleration of the universe. In this sense the CLEP states exhibit simultaneously new physics at very low densities and for very high particle masses.


2008 ◽  
Vol 23 (20) ◽  
pp. 3165-3175 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. ESTEVEZ-DELGADO ◽  
T. ZANNIAS

We consider a K-essence involving a massless scalar field Φ minimally coupled to Einstein gravity in D ≥ 4 space–time dimensions. This theory admits a two-parameter family of spherical wormholes representing two asymptotically-flat universes connected via a (D-2)-dimensional spherical throat. The ADM masses of the two ends are unequal and of opposite sign except for a one-parameter family where both ends possess vanishing ADM masses. By cut and paste techniques, we construct a two-parameter family of wormholes where the ends possess equal and positive ADM masses but the throat is a (D-1)-dimensional thin-shell. The structure of the surface energy–momentum tensor is also analyzed.


2020 ◽  
Vol 35 (02n03) ◽  
pp. 2040030
Author(s):  
Yuri V. Grats ◽  
Pavel Spirin

We consider the gravity-induced effects associated with a massless scalar field living in a higher-dimensional spacetime being the tensor product of Minkowski space and spherically-symmetric space with angle deficit. These spacetimes are considered as simple models for a multidimensional global monopole or cosmic string with flat extra dimensions, where the deficit of solid angle is proportional to Newton constant and tension. Thus, we refer to them as conical backgrounds. In terms of the angular deficit value, we derive the perturbative expression for the scalar Green’s function and compute it to the leading order. With the use of this Green’s function we compute the renormalized vacuum expectation value of the scalar-field’s energy-momentum tensor. We make some general note on the linear-on-curvature part of the trace of even coefficients of Schwinger-deWitt expansion.


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