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Author Moretti, F.; Bombacigno, F.; Montani, G. url  doi
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  Title The Role of Longitudinal Polarizations in Horndeski and Macroscopic Gravity: Introducing Gravitational Plasmas Type Journal Article
  Year 2021 Publication Universe Abbreviated Journal Universe  
  Volume 7 Issue 12 Pages 496 - 28pp  
  Keywords gravitational waves; gauge-invariant method; Landau damping; macroscopic gravity  
  Abstract We discuss some general and relevant features of longitudinal gravitational modes in Horndeski gravity and their interaction with matter media. Adopting a gauge-invariant formulation, we clarify how massive scalar and vector fields can induce additional transverse and longitudinal excitations, resulting in breathing, vector, and longitudinal polarizations. We review, then, the interaction of standard gravitational waves with a molecular medium, outlining the emergence of effective massive gravitons, induced by the net quadrupole moment due to molecule deformation. Finally, we investigate the interaction of the massive mode in Horndeski gravity with a noncollisional medium, showing that Landau damping phenomenon can occur in the gravitational sector as well. That allows us to introduce the concept of “gravitational plasma”, where inertial forces associated with the background field play the role of cold ions in electromagnetic plasma.  
  Address [Moretti, Fabio; Montani, Giovanni] Sapienza Univ Rome, Dept Phys, Ple Aldo Moro 5, I-00185 Rome, Italy, Email: fabio.moretti@uniroma1.it;  
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  Publisher Mdpi Place of Publication Editor  
  Language English Summary Language Original Title  
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  Notes WOS:000741918900001 Approved no  
  Is ISI yes International Collaboration yes  
  Call Number IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 5076  
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Author Schiavone, T.; Montani, G.; Bombacigno, F. url  doi
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  Title f(R) gravity in the Jordan frame as a paradigm for the Hubble tension Type Journal Article
  Year 2023 Publication Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society Abbreviated Journal Mon. Not. Roy. Astron. Soc.  
  Volume 522 Issue 1 Pages L72-L77  
  Keywords supernovae: general; galaxies: distances and redshifts; cosmological parameters; dark energy; cosmology: theory  
  Abstract We analyse the f(R) gravity in the so-called Jordan frame, as implemented to the isotropic Universe dynamics. The goal of the present study is to show that according to recent data analyses of the supernovae Ia Pantheon sample, it is possible to account for an effective redshift dependence of the Hubble constant. This is achieved via the dynamics of a non-minimally coupled scalar field, as it emerges in the f(R) gravity. We face the question both from an analytical and purely numerical point of view, following the same technical paradigm. We arrive to establish that the expected decay of the Hubble constant with the redshift z is ensured by a form of the scalar field potential, which remains essentially constant for z less than or similar to 0.3, independently if this request is made a priori, as in the analytical approach, or obtained a posteriori, when the numerical procedure is addressed. Thus, we demonstrate that an f(R) dark energy model is able to account for an apparent variation of the Hubble constant due to the rescaling of the Einstein constant by the f(R) scalar mode.  
  Address [Schiavone, Tiziano] Univ Pisa, Dept Phys Fermi, Largo Bruno Pontecorvo 3, I-56127 Pisa, Italy, Email: tschiavone@fc.ul.pt  
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  Publisher Oxford Univ Press Place of Publication Editor  
  Language English Summary Language Original Title  
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  ISSN (up) 0035-8711 ISBN Medium  
  Area Expedition Conference  
  Notes WOS:001066034100015 Approved no  
  Is ISI yes International Collaboration yes  
  Call Number IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 5672  
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Author Bombacigno, F.; Boudet, S.; Montani, G. url  doi
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  Title Generalized Ashtekar variables for Palatini f(R) models Type Journal Article
  Year 2021 Publication Nuclear Physics B Abbreviated Journal Nucl. Phys. B  
  Volume 963 Issue Pages 115281 - 21pp  
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  Abstract We consider special classes of Palatini f(R) theories, featured by additional Loop Quantum Gravity inspired terms, with the aim of identifying a set of modified Ashtekar canonical variables, which still preserve the SU(2) gauge structure of the standard theory. In particular, we allow for affine connection to be endowed with torsion, which turns out to depend on the additional scalar degree affecting Palatini f( R) gravity, and in this respect we successfully construct a novel Gauss constraint. We analyze the role of the additional scalar field, outlining as it acquires a dynamical character by virtue of a non vanishing Immirzi parameter, and we describe some possible effects on the area operator stemming from such a revised theoretical framework. Finally, we compare our results with earlier studies in literature, discussing differences between metric and Palatini approaches. It is worth noting how the Hamiltonian turns out to be different in the two cases. The results can be reconciled when the analysis is performed in the Einstein frame.  
  Address [Bombacigno, Flavio] Univ Valencia, CSIC, Ctr Mixto, Dept Fis Teor, Valencia 46100, Spain, Email: flavio.bombacigno@ext.uv.es;  
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  Publisher Elsevier Place of Publication Editor  
  Language English Summary Language Original Title  
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  ISSN (up) 0550-3213 ISBN Medium  
  Area Expedition Conference  
  Notes WOS:000613579500003 Approved no  
  Is ISI yes International Collaboration yes  
  Call Number IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 4706  
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Author Moretti, F.; Bombacigno, F.; Montani, G. url  doi
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  Title Gravitational Landau damping for massive scalar modes Type Journal Article
  Year 2020 Publication European Physical Journal C Abbreviated Journal Eur. Phys. J. C  
  Volume 80 Issue 12 Pages 1203 - 9pp  
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  Abstract We establish the possibility of Landau damping for gravitational scalar waves which propagate in a non-collisional gas of particles. In particular, under the hypothesis of homogeneity and isotropy, we describe the medium at the equilibrium with a Juttner-Maxwell distribution, and we analytically determine the damping rate from the Vlasov equation. We find that damping occurs only if the phase velocity of the wave is subluminal throughout the propagation within the medium. Finally, we investigate relativistic media in cosmological settings by adopting numerical techniques.  
  Address [Moretti, Fabio; Montani, Giovanni] Sapienza Univ Rome, Phys Dept, Ple Aldo Moro 5, I-00185 Rome, Italy, Email: fabio.moretti@uniroma1.it;  
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  Publisher Springer Place of Publication Editor  
  Language English Summary Language Original Title  
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  ISSN (up) 1434-6044 ISBN Medium  
  Area Expedition Conference  
  Notes WOS:000615196900004 Approved no  
  Is ISI yes International Collaboration yes  
  Call Number IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 4707  
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Author Boudet, S.; Bombacigno, F.; Olmo, G.J.; Porfirio, P. url  doi
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  Title Quasinormal modes of Schwarzschild black holes in projective invariant Chern-Simons modified gravity Type Journal Article
  Year 2022 Publication Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics Abbreviated Journal J. Cosmol. Astropart. Phys.  
  Volume 05 Issue 5 Pages 032 - 29pp  
  Keywords Gauss-Bonnet-Lovelock-Horndeski-Palatini etc gravity theories; Exact solutions; black holes and black hole thermodynamics in GR and beyond  
  Abstract We generalize the Chern-Simons modified gravity to the metric-affine case and impose projective invariance by supplementing the Pontryagin density with homothetic curvature terms which do not spoil topologicity. The latter is then broken by promoting the coupling of the Chern-Simons term to a (pseudo)-scalar field. The solutions for torsion and nonmetricity are derived perturbatively, showing that they can be iteratively obtained from the background fields. This allows us to describe the dynamics for the metric and the scalar field perturbations in a self-consistent way, and we apply the formalism to the study of quasi normal modes in a Schwarzschild black hole background. Unlike in the metric formulation of this theory, we show that the scalar field is endowed with dynamics even in the absence of its kinetic term in the action. Finally, using numerical methods we compute the quasinormal frequencies and characterize the late-time power law tails for scalar and metric perturbations, comparing the results with the outcomes of the purely metric approach.  
  Address [Boudet, S.] Univ Trento, Dipartimento Fis, Via Sommar 14, I-38123 Povo, TN, Italy, Email: simon.boudet@unitn.it;  
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  Publisher IOP Publishing Ltd Place of Publication Editor  
  Language English Summary Language Original Title  
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  Series Volume Series Issue Edition  
  ISSN (up) 1475-7516 ISBN Medium  
  Area Expedition Conference  
  Notes WOS:000804493000004 Approved no  
  Is ISI yes International Collaboration yes  
  Call Number IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 5238  
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