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Extended Theories of Gravity in cosmological and astrophysical applications

Aneta Wojnar
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The main subjects of the PhD dissertation concern cosmological models considered in Palatini f(R) gravity and scalar-tensor theories. We introduce a simple generalization of the LCDM model based on Palatini modified gravity with quadratic Starobinsky term. A matter source is provided by generalized Chaplygin gas. The statistical analysis of our model is investigated. We use dynamical system approach to study the evolution of the Universe. The model reaches a very good agreement with the newest experimental data and yields an inflationary epoch caused by a singularity of the type III. The present-day accelerated expansion is also provided by the model. We also show that the Lie and Noether symmetry approaches are very useful tools in cosmological considerations. We examine two other models of Extended Theories of Gravity (ETGs): the novel hybrid metric-Palatini gravity and a minimally coupled to gravity scalar field. The first one is applied to homogeneous and isotropic model while in the scalar-tensor theory we study anisotropic universes. We use the symmetries in order to find unknown forms of potential and to solve classical field equations in both models. The symmetries also are very helpful in searching exact and invariant solutions of Wheeler-DeWitt equations. In the last part we are interested in equilibrium configurations and stability conditions of relativistic stars in the framework of scalar-tensor theories. Firstly, we show that TOV-like form of the equilibrium equations can be obtained for a wide class of ETGs if generalized energy density and pressure are defined. According to our studies, a neutron star is a stable system for the minimally coupled scalar field model. There is a supplement including notes on symmetries as well as dynamical systems approach. The illustrative examples of applications are also provided.

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Aneta Wojnar. 2016-10-31. Extended Theories of Gravity in cosmological and astrophysical applications. https://arxiv.org/abs/1610.09892

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