A probe of cosmological models in modified teleparallel gravity

In this paper, we have investigated the physical behavior of cosmological models in modified Teleparallel gravity with a general function [Formula: see text] where [Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text] are model parameters and [Formula: see text] is the torsion scalar. We have considered a homogeneous and isotropic Friedman universe filled with perfect fluid. We have derived the deceleration parameter [Formula: see text] in terms of equation of state (EoS) parameter [Formula: see text] and Hubble parameter [Formula: see text]. We have investigated the variation of [Formula: see text] over the observed values of Hubble constant in various observations within the range of redshift [Formula: see text]. Also, we have studied effective energy density [Formula: see text], effective pressure [Formula: see text] and effective EoS parameter [Formula: see text]. We have observed that the second term of [Formula: see text] function behaves just like variable cosmological term [Formula: see text] ([Formula: see text]) at late-time universe and causes the acceleration in expansion and works just like dark energy candidates. Also, we have evaluated the age of the present universe for various stages of matter [Formula: see text] and various [Formula: see text] functions.

Expanding Universe with a Variable Cosmological Term

We propose a model of expansion of the universe in which a minimal, ‘quantised’ rate is dependent upon the value of the cosmological constant Λ in Einstein’s field equations, itself not a constant but a function of the size and the entropy of the universe. From this perspective, we offer an expression which relates Hubble’s constant with the cosmological constant.

Bounce conditions in Kantowski–Sachs and Bianchi cosmologies in modified gravity theories

Many cosmological scenarios envisage either a bounce of the universe at early times, or a collapse locally to form a black hole which re-expands into a new expanding universe region. Energy conditions preclude this phenomena for ordinary matter in general relativistic universe, but scalar or other types of fields can violate some of these conditions, and so can, possibly, provide conditions for a bouncing universe. In this paper, we have investigated the necessary conditions for a bounce in Kantowski–Sachs (KS) and Bianchi type models in some modified theories of gravity like Hoyle–Narlikar creation field theory, Lyra geometry, general class of scalar–tensor theories, Einstein's theory with variable cosmological term.

GEOMETRICAL ORIGIN OF A COSMOLOGICAL TERM

Nonmetricity derived from a scalar field is shown to exist as a cosmic field, without direct coupling to matter. It leads to a variable cosmological term, a term that dominates the expansion in the early universe but dies away at later times.