Recent advances in inflation

SD Odintsov, VK Oikonomou, I Giannakoudi… - Symmetry, 2023 - mdpi.com
We review recent trends in inflationary dynamics in the context of viable modified gravity
theories. After providing a general overview of the inflationary paradigm emphasizing on …

The 4D Einstein–Gauss–Bonnet theory of gravity: a review

PGS Fernandes, P Carrilho, T Clifton… - … and Quantum Gravity, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
We review the topic of 4D Einstein–Gauss–Bonnet (4DEGB) gravity, which has been the
subject of considerable interest over the past two years. Our review begins with a general …

Black holes with scalar hair in light of the Event Horizon Telescope

M Khodadi, A Allahyari, S Vagnozzi… - Journal of Cosmology …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
Searching for violations of the no-hair theorem (NHT) is a powerful way to test gravity, and
more generally fundamental physics, particularly with regards to the existence of additional …

Unifying inflation with early and late dark energy epochs in axion gravity

VK Oikonomou - Physical Review D, 2021 - APS
We provide a theoretical model of F (R) gravity in which it is possible to describe in a unified
way inflation, an early and a late dark energy era, in the presence of a light axion particle …

A refined Einstein–Gauss–Bonnet inflationary theoretical framework

VK Oikonomou - Classical and Quantum Gravity, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
We provide a refined and much more simplified Einstein–Gauss–Bonnet inflationary
theoretical framework, which is compatible with the GW170817 observational constraints on …

[HTML][HTML] Rectifying Einstein-Gauss-Bonnet inflation in view of GW170817

SD Odintsov, VK Oikonomou, FP Fronimos - Nuclear Physics B, 2020 - Elsevier
In this work we introduce a new theoretical framework for Einstein-Gauss-Bonnet theories of
gravity, which results to particularly elegant, functionally simple and transparent gravitational …

Unifying holographic inflation with holographic dark energy: A covariant approach

S Nojiri, SD Odintsov, VK Oikonomou, T Paul - Physical Review D, 2020 - APS
In the present paper, we use the holographic approach to describe the early-time
acceleration and the late-time acceleration eras of our Universe in a unified manner. Such …

[HTML][HTML] Swampland implications of GW170817-compatible Einstein-Gauss-Bonnet gravity

SD Odintsov, VK Oikonomou - Physics Letters B, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract We revisit the Einstein-Gauss-Bonnet theory in view of the GW170817 event, which
compels that the gravitational wave speed is equal to c T 2= 1 in natural units. We use an …

[HTML][HTML] Charged 4D Einstein-Gauss-Bonnet-AdS black holes: Shadow, energy emission, deflection angle and heat engine

BE Panah, K Jafarzade, SH Hendi - Nuclear Physics B, 2020 - Elsevier
Recently, there has been a surge of interest in the 4D Einstein-Gauss-Bonnet (4D EGB)
gravity theory which bypasses the Lovelock theorem and avoids Ostrogradsky's instability …

Primordial gravitational waves predictions for GW170817-compatible Einstein–Gauss–Bonnet theory

VK Oikonomou - Astroparticle Physics, 2022 - Elsevier
In this work we shall calculate in detail the effect of an GW170817-compatible Einstein–
Gauss–Bonnet theory on the energy spectrum of the primordial gravitational waves. The …