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M. G. Ganiou

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Periodic cosmic evolution in Hybrid and Logarithmic Teleparallel Gravity

In this work, we investigate a cosmological model within modified teleparallel gravity using two functional forms of $f(T)$: a hybrid model $f(T)=e^{γT}T^σ$ and a logarithmic model, in the context of a periodic cosmic evolution driven by an oscillating deceleration parameter $q(t)=m\cos(kt)-1$. This approach describes a cyclic Universe with successive transitions between decelerating and accelerating phases. By constraining the model with observational values $m \simeq 0.48$ and $H_0 = 69.2\,\text{km}\,\text{s}^{-1}\,\text{Mpc}^{-1}$, we recover the present accelerated expansion with $q_0 \approx -0.52$, while larger values $m \geq 1$ lead to strongly oscillatory regimes including super-acceleration. For the hybrid model ($γ= 0.1$, $σ= -0.5$), the energy density remains positive, while the pressure oscillates. The equation of state evolves dynamically, crossing both quintessence and phantom regimes. In contrast, the logarithmic model stabilizes the dynamics, regularizes divergences, and yields smoother evolution, with the equation of state mainly remaining in the quintessence regime. The analysis of energy conditions shows that the violation of the SEC supports accelerated expansion, while the partial validity of NEC and DEC ensures physical consistency. Overall, this framework provides a flexible alternative to the standard $Λ$CDM model, allowing a unified description of different phases of cosmic expansion.

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Gravitational baryogenesis in scalar-nonmetricity $f(Q,ϕ)$ gravity

In this work, we investigate gravitational baryogenesis in the framework of scalar-nonmetricity theories by considering two classes of modified gravity models, namely $f(Q,ϕ)=Q+ξQ ϕ^2$ and $f(Q,ϕ)=αQ^n + βϕQ$. These models extend standard $f(Q)$ gravity through the inclusion of nonminimal couplings between the scalar field and the nonmetricity scalar, leading to nontrivial modifications of the cosmological dynamics. We analyze the evolution of the baryon-to-entropy ratio in terms of the cosmic expansion parameter $γ$, assuming a power-law behavior of the scale factor. For the first model, we show that the baryon-to-entropy ratio decreases monotonically with increasing $γ$, reflecting the impact of the expansion rate on the efficiency of baryogenesis. The observed baryon asymmetry, of order $10^{-11}$ to $10^{-10}$, is successfully reproduced for $γ\approx 0.2$--$0.3$ without requiring fine-tuning of the model parameters. For the second model, we explore the parameter space of $α$ and $β$, and demonstrate that the correct order of magnitude of the baryon asymmetry can be achieved for physically reasonable values of the parameters. In particular, we find that the baryon-to-entropy ratio lies within observational bounds for $α\sim 10^{-3}$ to $10^{-2}$ and $β\sim 10^{-2}$ to $10^{-1}$, with specific combinations yielding excellent agreement with observations. Overall, our results show that scalar-nonmetricity gravity provides a viable and robust framework for explaining the origin of the baryon asymmetry of the Universe. The interplay between nonlinear geometric terms and scalar field couplings plays a crucial role in controlling the baryogenesis mechanism, opening new perspectives in the study of modified gravity and early Universe cosmology.

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Inflationary Scenarios in $f(Q,ϕ)$ Gravity with Scalar Field Coupling

In this work, we investigated several inflationary scenarios within the framework of modified $f(Q,ϕ)$ gravity with a nonminimal coupling between the scalar field and the nonmetricity scalar. We focused on the impact of the coupling parameter $ξ$ on the inflationary observables, namely the scalar spectral index $n_s$ and the tensor-to-scalar ratio $r$. In the case of De Sitter inflation, we showed that the model can reproduce observationally viable predictions only within a restricted range of the coupling parameter. Specifically, we found that $n_s$ increases with $ξ$, while $r$ decreases, leading to a narrow allowed region $10^{-3} \lesssim ξ\lesssim 10^{-2}$ compatible with Planck data. Outside this range, the model either predicts excessively large tensor modes or an unphysical blue-tilted spectrum. We also derived theoretical constraints on $ξ$ from the consistency of the model, leading to an upper bound $ξ< \fracκ{2p}$. For $κ= 1$ and $p = 60$, this implies $ξ< 0.00833$, with a preferred region around $ξ\sim \mathcal{O}(10^{-3})$. Furthermore, we analyzed the Cosh-type inflationary model and showed that it provides a robust and consistent description of inflation. In this case, the tensor-to-scalar ratio decreases while the scalar spectral index increases with the number of e-folds $N$. For $N = 60$, the model predicts $n_s \approx 0.965 - 0.967, \qquad r \approx 0.017 - 0.018$, in excellent agreement with current observational constraints. Overall, our results highlight the crucial role of the nonminimal coupling in shaping the inflationary dynamics and ensuring compatibility with cosmological observations.

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Inflationary scenario driven by type IV singularity in $f(T)$ gravity

In this paper, we investigate the effects of Type IV singularity through $f(T)$ gravity description of inflationary universe, where $T$ denotes the torsion scalar. With the Friedmann equations of the theory, we reconstruct a $f(T)$ model according to a given Hubble rate susceptible to describe the inflationary era near the type IV singularity. Moreover, we calculate the Hubble flow parameters in order to determine the dynamical evolution of the cosmological system. The results show that some of the Hubble flow parameters are small near the Type IV singularity and become singular at Type IV Singularity, indicating that a dynamical instability of the cosmological system occurs a that point. This means that the dynamical cosmological evolution up to that point, ceases to be the final attractor since the system is abruptly interrupted. Furthermore, by considering the $f(T)$ trace anomaly equation and the slow-roll conditions, we deal with the de Sitter inflationary description of the reconstructed model. As results, the model leads to a conditional instability, view as the source of the graceful exit from inflation. Our theoretical $f(T)$ description based on slow-roll parameters not only confirms some observational data on spectral index and the scalar-to-tensor ratio from Planck data and BICEP$2$/Keck-Array data, but also shows the property of $f(T)$ gravity in describing the early and late-time evolution of our universe.

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Cosmological Study of Autonomous Dynamical Systems in Modified Tele-Parallel Gravity

Cosmological approaches of autonomous dynamical system in the framework of $f(T)$ gravity are investigated in this paper. Our methods applied to flat Friedmann-Robertson-Walker equations in $f(T)$ gravity, consist to extract dynamical systems whose time-dependence is contained in a single parameter $m$ depending on the Hubble rate of Universe and its second derivative. In our attempt to investigate the autonomous aspect of the dynamical systems reconstructed in both vacuum and non-vacuum $f(T)$ gravities, two values of the parameter $m$ have been considered for our present analysis. In the so-called quasi-de Sitter inflationary era ($m\simeq0$), the corresponding autonomous dynamical systems provide stable de Sitter attractors and unstable de Sitter fixed points. Especially in the vacuum $f(T)$ gravity, the approximate form of the $f(T)$ gravity near the stable and the unstable de Sitter fixed points has been performed. The matter dominated era case $(m=-\frac{9}{2})$ leads to unstable fixed points confirming matter dominated era or not, and stable attractor fixed point describing dark energy dominated era. Another subtlety around the stable fixed point obtained at matter dominated case in the non-vacuum $f(T)$ gravity is when the dark energy dominated era is reached, at the same time, the radiation perfect fluid dominated succumbs.

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$f(T)$ gravity and energy distribution in Landau-Lifshitz prescription

We investigate in this paper the Landau-Lifshitz energy distribution in the framework of $f(T)$ theory view as a modified version of Teleparallel theory. From some important Teleparallel theory results on the localization of energy, our investigations generalize the Landau-Lifshitz prescription from the computation of the energy-momentum complex to the framework of $f (T)$ gravity as it is done in the modified versions of General Relativity. We compute the energy density in the first step for three plane symmetric metrics in vacuum. We find for the second metric that the energy density vanishes independently of $f (T)$ models. These metrics provide results in perfect agreement with those mentioned in literature. In the second step the calculations are performed for the Cosmic String Spacetime metric. It results that the energy distribution depends on the mass $M$ of cosmic string and it is strongly affected by the parameter of the considered $f (T)$ quadratic model.

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Strong Magnetic field effects on Neutron Stars within $f(T)$ theory of gravity

We investigate in this paper the structures of neutron stars under the strong magnetic field in the framework of $f(T)$ gravity where $T$ denotes the scalar torsion. The TOV equations in this theory of gravity have been considered and numerical resolution of these equations has been performed within perturbative approach taking into account the equation of state of neutron dense matter in magnetic field. We simplify the problem by considering the very strong magnetic field which affects considerably the dense matter; and for quadratic and cubic corrections to Teleparallel term, one finds that the mass of neutron stars can increase for different values of the perturbation parameter. The deviation from Teleparallel for different values of magnetic field is found out and this feature is very appreciable in the case of cubic correction. Our results are related to the hadronic particles description with very small hyperon contributions and the mass-radius evolution is consistency with the observational data.

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Perfect fluid and F(T) gravity descriptions of inflationary universe and comparison with obervational data

We describe in this paper the observables of inflationary models, in particular the spectrum index of torsion scalar perturbations, the tensor-to-scalar ratio, and the running of the spectral index, in the framework of perfect fluid models and F(T) gravity theories through the reconstruction methods. Then, our results on the perfect fluid and F(T) gravity theories of inflation are compared with recent cosmological observations such as the Planck satellite and BICEP2 experiment. Ours studies prove that the perfect fluid and F(T) gravity models can reproduce the inflationary universe consistent above all with the Planck data. We have reconstructed several models and considered others which give the best fit values compatible with the spectral index of curvature perturbations, the tensor-to-scalar ratio, and the running of the spectral index within the allowed ranges suggested by the Planck and BICEP2 results.

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Geodesic Deviation Equation in $Λ$CDM $f(T,\mathcal{T})$ gravity

The geodesic deviation equation has been investigated in the framework of $f(T,\mathcal{T})$ gravity, where $T$ denotes the torsion and $\mathcal{T}$ is the trace of the energy-momentum tensor, respectively. The FRW metric is assumed and the geodesic deviation equation has been established following the General Relativity approach in the first hand and secondly, by a direct method using the modified Friedmann equations. Via fundamental observers and null vector fields with FRW background, we have generalized the Raychaudhuri equation and the Mattig relation in $f(T,\mathcal{T})$ gravity. Furthermore, we have numerically solved the geodesic deviation equation for null vector fields by considering a particular form of $f(T,\mathcal{T})$ which induces interesting results susceptible to be tested with observational data.

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$f(T,\mathcal{T})$ Cosmological Models in Phase Space

In this paper we explore $f(T, \mathcal{T})$, where $T$ and $\mathcal{T}$ denote the torsion scalar and the trace of the energy-momentum tensor respectively. We impose the covariant conservation to the energy-momentum tensor and obtain a cosmological $f(T, \mathcal{T})$ respectively. We impose the covariant conservation to the energy-momentum tensor and obtain a cosmological $f(T, \mathcal{T})$ model. Then, we study the stability of the obtained model for power-law and de Sitter solutions and our result show that the model can be stable for some values of the input parameters, for both power-law and de Sitter solutions.

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