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Izadi, A.; Shacker, S.S.; Olmo, G.J.; Banerjee, R. |
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Observational effects of varying speed of light in quadratic gravity cosmological models |
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Journal Article |
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2018 |
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International Journal of Geometric Methods in Modern Physics |
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Int. J. Geom. Methods Mod. Phys. |
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15 |
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5 |
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1850084 - 16pp |
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Palatini formalism; modified gravity; causal structure constant; varying speed of light |
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We study different manifestations of the speed of light in theories of gravity where metric and connection are regarded as independent fields. We find that for a generic gravity theory in a frame with locally vanishing affine connection, the usual degeneracy between different manifestations of the speed of light is broken. In particular, the space-time causal structure constant (c(ST)) may become variable in that local frame. For theories of the form f(R, R-mu nu R-mu nu), this variation in c(ST) has an impact on the definition of the luminosity distance (and distance modulus), which can be used to confront the predictions of particular models against Supernovae type Ia (SN Ia) data. We carry out this test for a quadratic gravity model without cosmological constant assuming (i) a constant speed of light and (ii) a varying speed of light (VSL), and find that the latter scenario is favored by the data. |
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[Izadi, Azam] Khajeh Nasir Toosi Univ Technol, Dept Phys, Tehran, Iran, Email: aizadi@kntu.ac.ir; |
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World Scientific Publ Co Pte Ltd |
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WOS:000429106400016 |
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IFIC @ pastor @ |
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3553 |
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Bazeia, D.; Losano, L.; Olmo, G.J.; Rubiera-Garcia, D. |
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Geodesically complete BTZ-type solutions of 2+1 Born-Infeld gravity |
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Journal Article |
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2017 |
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Classical and Quantum Gravity |
Abbreviated Journal |
Class. Quantum Gravity |
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34 |
Issue |
4 |
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045006 - 21pp |
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Born-Infeld gravity; BTZ; wormholes; nonsingular solutions; geodesic completeness |
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We study Born-Infeld gravity coupled to a static, non-rotating electric field in 2 + 1 dimensions and find exact analytical solutions. Two families of such solutions represent geodesically complete, and hence nonsingular, spacetimes. Another family represents a point-like charge with a singularity at the center. Despite the absence of rotation, these solutions resemble the charged, rotating BTZ solution of general relativity but with a richer structure in terms of horizons. The nonsingular character of the first two families turn out to be attached to the emergence of a wormhole structure on their innermost region. This seems to be a generic prediction of extensions of general relativity formulated in metric-affine (or Palatini) spaces, where metric and connection are regarded as independent degrees of freedom. |
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[Bazeia, D.; Losano, L.; Olmo, Gonzalo J.] Univ Fed Paraiba, Dept Fis, BR-58051900 Joao Pessoa, Paraiba, Brazil, Email: bazeia@fisica.ufpb.br; |
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Iop Publishing Ltd |
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0264-9381 |
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WOS:000395398800002 |
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IFIC @ pastor @ |
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3013 |
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Alfonso, V.I.; Bejarano, C.; Beltran Jimenez, J.; Olmo, G.J.; Orazi, E. |
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The trivial role of torsion in projective invariant theories of gravity with non-minimally coupled matter fields |
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Journal Article |
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2017 |
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Classical and Quantum Gravity |
Abbreviated Journal |
Class. Quantum Gravity |
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34 |
Issue |
23 |
Pages |
235003 - 20pp |
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modified gravity; metric-affine theories; torsion; non-minimal couplings |
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We study a large family of metric-affine theories with a projective symmetry, including non-minimally coupled matter fields which respect this invariance. The symmetry is straightforwardly realised by imposing that the connection only enters through the symmetric part of the Ricci tensor, even in the matter sector. We leave the connection completely free (including torsion), and obtain its general solution as the Levi-Civita connection of an auxiliary metric, showing that the torsion only appears as a projective mode. This result justifies the widely used condition of setting vanishing torsion in these theories as a simple gauge choice. We apply our results to some particular cases considered in the literature, including the so-called Eddington-inspired-Born-Infeld theories among others. We finally discuss the possibility of imposing a gauge fixing where the connection is metric compatible, and comment on the genuine character of the non-metricity in theories where the two metrics are not conformally related. |
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[Alfonso, Victor I.] Univ Fed Campina Grande, Unidade Acad Fis, BR-58109970 Campina Grande, PB, Brazil, Email: viafonso@df.ufcg.edu.br; |
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WOS:000414726500001 |
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IFIC @ pastor @ |
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3353 |
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Olmo, G.J.; Rubiera-Garcia, D.; Sanchez-Puente, A. |
Title |
Accelerated observers and the notion of singular spacetime |
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Journal Article |
Year |
2018 |
Publication |
Classical and Quantum Gravity |
Abbreviated Journal |
Class. Quantum Gravity |
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35 |
Issue |
5 |
Pages |
055010 - 18pp |
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general relativity; geodesic behaviour; black holes; spacetime singularities; modified theories of gravity |
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Geodesic completeness is typically regarded as a basic criterion to determine whether a given spacetime is regular or singular. However, the principle of general covariance does not privilege any family of observers over the others and, therefore, observers with arbitrary motions should be able to provide a complete physical description of the world. This suggests that in a regular spacetime, all physically acceptable observers should have complete paths. In this work we explore this idea by studying the motion of accelerated observers in spherically symmetric spacetimes and illustrate it by considering two geodesically complete black hole spacetimes recently described in the literature. We show that for bound and locally unbound accelerations, the paths of accelerated test particles are complete, providing further support to the regularity of such spacetimes. |
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[Olmo, Gonzalo J.; Sanchez-Puente, Antonio] Univ Valencia, Dept Fis Teor, CSIC, Ctr Mixto, E-46100 Valencia, Spain, Email: gonzalo.olmo@uv.es; |
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WOS:000424042100001 |
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IFIC @ pastor @ |
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3473 |
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Olmo, G.J.; Rubiera-Garcia, D. |
Title |
Junction conditions in Palatini f(R) gravity |
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Year |
2020 |
Publication |
Classical and Quantum Gravity |
Abbreviated Journal |
Class. Quantum Gravity |
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37 |
Issue |
21 |
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215002 - 11pp |
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f(R) gravity; junction conditions; Palatini approach; stellar structure |
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We work out the junction conditions for f(R) gravity formulated in metric-affine (Palatini) spaces using a tensor distributional approach. These conditions are needed for building consistent models of gravitating bodies with an interior and exterior regions matched at some hypersurface. Some of these conditions depart from the standard Darmois-Israel ones of general relativity and from their metric f(R) counterparts. In particular, we find that the trace of the stress-energy momentum tensor in the bulk must be continuous across the matching hypersurface, though its normal derivative need not to. We illustrate the relevance of these conditions by considering the properties of stellar surfaces in polytropic models, showing that the range of equations of state with potentially pathological effects is shifted beyond the domain of physical interest. This confirms, in particular, that neutron stars and white dwarfs can be safely modelled within the Palatini f(R) framework. |
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[Olmo, Gonzalo J.] Univ Valencia, Ctr Mixto Univ Valencia, CSIC, Dept Fis Teor, Valencia 46100, Spain, Email: gonzalo.olmo@uv.es; |
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WOS:000575326000001 |
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IFIC @ pastor @ |
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4555 |
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