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Author Alfonso, V.I.; Bejarano, C.; Beltran Jimenez, J.; Olmo, G.J.; Orazi, E. url  doi
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  Title The trivial role of torsion in projective invariant theories of gravity with non-minimally coupled matter fields Type Journal Article
  Year 2017 Publication (up) Classical and Quantum Gravity Abbreviated Journal Class. Quantum Gravity  
  Volume 34 Issue 23 Pages 235003 - 20pp  
  Keywords modified gravity; metric-affine theories; torsion; non-minimal couplings  
  Abstract 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.  
  Address [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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  Publisher Iop Publishing Ltd Place of Publication Editor  
  Language English Summary Language Original Title  
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  ISSN 0264-9381 ISBN Medium  
  Area Expedition Conference  
  Notes WOS:000414726500001 Approved no  
  Is ISI yes International Collaboration yes  
  Call Number IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 3353  
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Author Olmo, G.J.; Rubiera-Garcia, D.; Sanchez-Puente, A. url  doi
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  Title Accelerated observers and the notion of singular spacetime Type Journal Article
  Year 2018 Publication (up) Classical and Quantum Gravity Abbreviated Journal Class. Quantum Gravity  
  Volume 35 Issue 5 Pages 055010 - 18pp  
  Keywords general relativity; geodesic behaviour; black holes; spacetime singularities; modified theories of gravity  
  Abstract 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.  
  Address [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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  Language English Summary Language Original Title  
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  ISSN 0264-9381 ISBN Medium  
  Area Expedition Conference  
  Notes WOS:000424042100001 Approved no  
  Is ISI yes International Collaboration yes  
  Call Number IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 3473  
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Author Olmo, G.J.; Rubiera-Garcia, D. url  doi
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  Title Junction conditions in Palatini f(R) gravity Type Journal Article
  Year 2020 Publication (up) Classical and Quantum Gravity Abbreviated Journal Class. Quantum Gravity  
  Volume 37 Issue 21 Pages 215002 - 11pp  
  Keywords f(R) gravity; junction conditions; Palatini approach; stellar structure  
  Abstract 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.  
  Address [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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  Language English Summary Language Original Title  
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  ISSN 0264-9381 ISBN Medium  
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  Notes WOS:000575326000001 Approved no  
  Is ISI yes International Collaboration yes  
  Call Number IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 4555  
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Author Beltran Jimenez, J.; de Andres, D.; Delhom, A. url  doi
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  Title Anisotropic deformations in a class of projectively-invariant metric-affine theories of gravity Type Journal Article
  Year 2020 Publication (up) Classical and Quantum Gravity Abbreviated Journal Class. Quantum Gravity  
  Volume 37 Issue 22 Pages 225013 - 25pp  
  Keywords alternative theories of gravity; metric-affine gravity; anisotropic solutions  
  Abstract Among the general class of metric-affine theories of gravity, there is a special class conformed by those endowed with a projective symmetry. Perhaps the simplest manner to realise this symmetry is by constructing the action in terms of the symmetric part of the Ricci tensor. In these theories, the connection can be solved algebraically in terms of a metric that relates to the spacetime metric by means of the so-called deformation matrix that is given in terms of the matter fields. In most phenomenological applications, this deformation matrix is assumed to inherit the symmetries of the matter sector so that in the presence of an isotropic energy-momentum tensor, it respects isotropy. In this work we discuss this condition and, in particular, we show how the deformation matrix can be anisotropic even in the presence of isotropic sources due to the non-linear nature of the equations. Remarkably, we find that Eddington-inspired-Born-Infeld (EiBI) theories do not admit anisotropic deformations, but more general theories do. However, we find that the anisotropic branches of solutions are generally prone to a pathological physical behaviour.  
  Address [Jimenez, Jose Beltran] Univ Salamanca, Dept Fis Fundamental, E-37008 Salamanca, Spain, Email: jose.beltran@usal.es;  
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  Language English Summary Language Original Title  
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  Notes WOS:000580878200001 Approved no  
  Is ISI yes International Collaboration no  
  Call Number IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 4576  
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Author Di Valentino, E.; Mena, O.; Pan, S.; Visinelli, L.; Yang, W.Q.; Melchiorri, A.; Mota, D.F.; Riess, A.G.; Silk, J. url  doi
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  Title In the realm of the Hubble tension – a review of solutions Type Journal Article
  Year 2021 Publication (up) Classical and Quantum Gravity Abbreviated Journal Class. Quantum Gravity  
  Volume 38 Issue 15 Pages 153001 - 110pp  
  Keywords cosmological parameters; cosmology; dark energy; Hubble constant  
  Abstract The simplest ΛCDM model provides a good fit to a large span of cosmological data but harbors large areas of phenomenology and ignorance. With the improvement of the number and the accuracy of observations, discrepancies among key cosmological parameters of the model have emerged. The most statistically significant tension is the 4 sigma to 6 sigma disagreement between predictions of the Hubble constant, H (0), made by the early time probes in concert with the 'vanilla' ΛCDM cosmological model, and a number of late time, model-independent determinations of H (0) from local measurements of distances and redshifts. The high precision and consistency of the data at both ends present strong challenges to the possible solution space and demands a hypothesis with enough rigor to explain multiple observations-whether these invoke new physics, unexpected large-scale structures or multiple, unrelated errors. A thorough review of the problem including a discussion of recent Hubble constant estimates and a summary of the proposed theoretical solutions is presented here. We include more than 1000 references, indicating that the interest in this area has grown considerably just during the last few years. We classify the many proposals to resolve the tension in these categories: early dark energy, late dark energy, dark energy models with 6 degrees of freedom and their extensions, models with extra relativistic degrees of freedom, models with extra interactions, unified cosmologies, modified gravity, inflationary models, modified recombination history, physics of the critical phenomena, and alternative proposals. Some are formally successful, improving the fit to the data in light of their additional degrees of freedom, restoring agreement within 1-2 sigma between Planck 2018, using the cosmic microwave background power spectra data, baryon acoustic oscillations, Pantheon SN data, and R20, the latest SH0ES Team Riess, et al (2021 Astrophys. J. 908 L6) measurement of the Hubble constant (H (0) = 73.2 +/- 1.3 km s(-1) Mpc(-1) at 68% confidence level). However, there are many more unsuccessful models which leave the discrepancy well above the 3 sigma disagreement level. In many cases, reduced tension comes not simply from a change in the value of H (0) but also due to an increase in its uncertainty due to degeneracy with additional physics, complicating the picture and pointing to the need for additional probes. While no specific proposal makes a strong case for being highly likely or far better than all others, solutions involving early or dynamical dark energy, neutrino interactions, interacting cosmologies, primordial magnetic fields, and modified gravity provide the best options until a better alternative comes along.  
  Address [Di Valentino, Eleonora] Univ Durham, Inst Particle Phys Phenomenol, Dept Phys, Durham DH1 3LE, England, Email: eleonora.di-valentino@durham.ac.uk  
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  Notes WOS:000672148200001 Approved no  
  Is ISI yes International Collaboration yes  
  Call Number IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 4931  
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