1. Introduction
A well-known instance of symmetry is the soliton, which is connected to the geometric motion of spacetime. One of the key principles of mathematical physics and GTR is the study of solitons and their symmetry in spacetime. These confined, uniform solutions are essential for explaining the universe’s large-scale structure as well as elementary particles. Moreover, solitons are frequently examined as geometric entities associated with the evolution of spacetime metrics in general relativity [
1].
The concept of hyperbolic geometric flow was first presented in 2010 by Dai et al. [
2]
wherein
is a symmetric (0, 2)-tensor field.
The theories of hyperbolic Ricci solitons (HRS) and gradient hyperbolic Ricci solitons (GHRS) have been put forward by Faraji et al. [
3]:
wherein the Ricci curvature of
M is
. In (
2), ⋋ and
denote classifications of solitons and the core type rate, respectively. Additionally,
indicates the rate of change of solitons and has geometrical importance. Based on the constant
, the rate of change of the
can be rising, steady, or decreasing regardless of whether
,
, or
.
The
turn into
[
3] if there is a potential function
F on Riemannian manifold
M such that
. Thus, (
2) can be express as
Here, the hessian of the smooth function
f is indicated by
.
Adara [
4] used
-Ricci and
-Einstein solitons to illustrate the properties of the spacetime. In [
5], Venkatesha and Kumara also discussed Ricci solitons on perfect fluid spacetime. Several researchers have also used hyperbolic Ricci solitons to study different spacetimes (for additional information, see [
6,
7,
8]). The concept of hyperbolic Ricci solitons has lately been studied in various ways by Blaga and Özgür (see [
9,
10,
11] for further details).
The standard method for interpreting known cosmic dynamics is presented by Einstein’s gravitational field equations [
12,
13]. Einstein’s field equation yields the greatest approximation to the observed data when a hypothetical component of the cosmos called
Dark Matter [
14] is included [
15]. Likewise, the universe contains an unconventional component called
Dark Energy , which is thought to be the primary cause of the universe’s expansion and regulates the matter-to-energy ratio in
.
By applying the Einstein–Hilbert Lagrangian density to a function
,
can be extended to the
-gravity, where
is the Ricci scalar [
16,
17,
18]. Nevertheless, the
-gravity has a number of limitations on the solar system’s stability and cannot accommodate other models (see [
19,
20,
21] for more information). The
-gravity theory was introduced in [
22] as a more comprehensive gravity by taking into account that the Lagrangian is a function of
and
. Here, the energy–momentum tensor
is denoted by its trace. This concept was used to effectively explain the universe’s late-time fast expansion (for more details, see [
23,
24].
A spacetime can be conceived as a 4-dimensional time-driven Lorentzian manifold (
as a type of semi-Riemannian manifold with Lorentzian metric
g. It is believed that scalar fields are essential to physics and cosmology in
-gravity theory. In [
25], the authors reconstructed the exponential models of
-gravity.
-gravity was studied by Chaubey [
6], who presented some of their findings. Some characteristics of the cosmic perfect fluid in
gravity were examined by Capozziello et al. in [
26,
27].
Because
-gravity can handle a variety of cosmological and astrophysical problems, the geometric approach in
-gravity of gravity has drawn a lot of interest from cosmologists and astrophysicists with various approaches and models (for more details, see [
28,
29,
30,
31]). Danish et al. have also examined
-gravity attached with perfect fluid in [
32,
33,
34]. Siddiqi et al. examined
gravity associated with hyperbolic Ricci solitons in [
35,
36].
Therefore, the aforementioned research provides sufficient motivation to explore in in terms of
A central object of study within this geometric framework is the stress–energy tensor, which encapsulates the flux and density of energy and momentum. A perfect fluid is physically characterized by the absence of shear stresses, viscosity, and heat conduction and is geometrically defined by an isotropic pressure
and an energy density
measured in the rest frame of the fluid. The stress energy tensor
for such a fluid takes the following form [
15]:
where
is the four-velocity vector field of the fluid.
A perfect fluid is described by the lack of viscosity and heat conduction, representing an isotropic fluid or a star-shaped fluid in its rest frame. The simplest realization of a perfect fluid is the “dust matter fluid,” characterized by vanishing pressure
(
[
15]. In GTR, perfect fluids are extensively utilized to model idealized matter distributions. Another critical equation of state is the “stiff matter fluid,” defined by the relation
(
[
37]. Furthermore, if the energy density satisfies
(
[
15], the matter content corresponds to a radiation fluid. These equations of state are pivotal in the study of stellar structure and early universe cosmology [
38].
Definition 1
([
15])
. A quasi-Einstein Lorentzian manifold is designated as a perfect fluid spacetime () if its Ricci tensor admits the decompositionwherein is the Lorentzian metric, and are scalars, and 1
-form η is comparable to a unit time-like vector field such that . Definition 2
([
39,
40])
. A non-flat Riemannain manifold is designated as a generalized quasi-Einstein manifold if its Ricci tensor holds the relation:wherein and are scalars, , and η, σ are 1-
from such thatfor any vector field . The orthogonal time-like and space-like unit vector fields ζ and γ are represented by the 1-
forms η and γ. If , transforms into a perfect fluid spacetime. Definition 3
([
41])
. A vector field ζ on a semi-Riemannian manifold ) is termed a torse-forming type vector field (TFVF) if it fulfills the subsequent relation:for every vector field on () where is the Levi–Civita connection, φ is a smooth function on M, and η is a one-form. The function F is referred to as the conformal scalar [42]. 2. Anisotropic Fluid Spacetime
Anisotropic fluids are characterized by physical properties, such as pressure or viscosity, that exhibit directional dependence [
43]. This stands in contrast to isotropic fluids, where properties are uniform in all directions due to random molecular motion. In the context of cosmology and high-energy physics, anisotropic fluids [
44] are relevant for modeling phenomena such as the fluid dynamics in heavy-ion collisions and liquid crystals with aligned molecular structures with isotropic fluid, which has constant pressure in every direction [
45]. In cosmology, anisotropic fluid models are employed to describe the universe, particularly for processes where attributes vary with direction, such as dark energy evolution and large-scale structure formation. In GTR, an
represents a manifold containing a fluid where pressure and stress are directionally dependent. This framework is applicable to the interior structure of black holes, galactic rotation curves, and the accelerating expansion of the universe. Notably, a two-fluid model comprising baryonic matter, dark energy, and their interaction can be effectively described by an anisotropic fluid [
44,
45]. One important example is the Bowers–Liang interior solution, which models compact stars with anisotropic pressure by extending the Schwarzchild solution.
The stress–energy tensor
associated with an anisotropic fluid in the two-fluid model is given by [
46,
47]:
where the pressure within compact objects is decomposed into a radial pressure
and a transverse pressure
perpendicular to the radial direction. Here,
represents the density computed by a co-moving observer
is the 1-form corresponding to the time-like fluid velocity vector
, and
is the 1-form corresponding to a unit space-like vector field
orthogonal to
Furthermore, it is assumed that the radial and transverse pressures are proportional to the density via the equations of state:
where
and
are equation of state parameters.
3. in -Gravity Theory
The
in the
-gravity depends on the physical characteristics of the matter field; hence, there are several conjecture models that can be created for distinct values of
and
[
22]. As an illustration, we pick
where
denotes a function of
only. Note that the element
appears in the gravitational action between space matter and Ricci scalar
Using the Einstein–Hilbert action term as our assumption
wherein
is the matter Lagrangian density and
is a function of Ricci scalar
and trace
of the energy–momentum tensor
.
The formula for the stress–energy tensor of matter as
Let the metric tensor components
be the only factors affecting the Lagrangian density
of matter, rather than its derivatives. We get
The action variation (
12) with respect to the
implies
Here,
and
Regarding the Ricci scalar variation, we get
where the covariant derivative with regard to the symmetric connection
connected to the metric
is represented by
. When the Christoffel symbols are varied,
and (
16) entail that
Consequently, we acquire the variation in the gravitational field’s action.
The variation of
with respect to the metric tensor is defined as
where
The field equations of the
gravity model are obtained by partially integrating the second and third terms in (
19).
wherein,
and
indicate the d’Alembertion and the covariant derivative, respectively. In addition, we have
Equations (
12) and (
13) with
recover the field equations for
-gravity.
Let the anisotropic fluid matter with total isotropic pressure be
, rest energy density
, four-velocity vector
, and space-like vector
. We have the advantage to choose
. Consequently, let
. Since the term “matter Lagrangian” has no universally accepted definition, we take into consideration
where
From (
23) and (
24), we obtain
Generally, the physical characteristics of the matter field also affect the field equations through the tensor
. Therefore, the choice of
F in (
11) defines the situation of
-gravity.
Therefore, after adopting (
11) and (
22), we get
In light of (
24)–(
26), Equation (
27) is transformed into
Thus, for the
in
-gravity, the Ricci tensor is
wherein
and
We assume that throughout the content and are not simultaneously zero. As a result, we can draw the following conclusions:
Theorem 1.
The Ricci curvature tensor for the -gravity model with anisotropic fluid matter is of the following form: Corollary 1.
The scalar curvature tensor of the -gravity model with anisotropic fluid is Next, Theorem
4 and Definition (2) entail the following result.
Theorem 2.
A spacetime in -gravity with anisotropic fluid is a -spacetime.
We can also state the following outcome.
Theorem 3.
An in -gravity attached with anisotropic fluid matter is a -spacetime.
Example 1.
Let us assume a semi-Riemannian metric on bywhere . The only non-vanishing components of the Christoffel symbols are the curvature tensors and the derivatives of the curvature tensor components. The components of the Ricci tensor that do not vanish are The scalar curvature of is
We will now demonstrate that is a -manifold [48]. Now, let us examine the related scalars as follows: Once more, let us select the corresponding 1-forms at any point as follows: To verify Relation (30), it is required to look at the following equations. Because of (33)–(36), we obtain It is possible to demonstrate that (37) and (38) are likewise true using a similar argument. We will now demonstrate that the corresponding vectors and are unit. Here, Therefore, and are orthogonal. Thus, is a -spacetime.
Example 2.
Let us take the metricwhere only the radial coordinate τ determines the metric potentials V and f. Consider the simplest linear functionalwhere χ is a coupling constant. Using (22) and (40), we getin view of (60), the modified energy tensor is defined aswhere Applying the covariant derivative of with (40), we find Now, (42) and (43) entail Now, using line element (39) with (41) and (42), the field equation for an anisotropic fluid spacetime [49] iswhere primes denote differentiation with respect to the radial coordinates Equations (45)–(47) and (60) will help us to find and Now, using (42), we can write -gravity for an anisotropic fluid spacetime Consequently, in the light of (10) and (48)–(50) we can obtain the equation of state with and for -gravity model with anisotropic fluid matter as follows: 4. Anisotropic Fluid in -Gravity with Codazzi-Type Ricci Tensor
In an anisotropic fluid spacetime (in shor
) in
-gravity, suppose the Ricci tensor
is of the Codazzi type [
50], meaning that
for all vector fields
By using Equations (
30) and (
53), we currently have
By contracting over
and
in a frame field, we obtain
Here, the divergence of
is indicated by
When
is substituted for
, the following equation produces
Given that
, the preceding equation
Consider the velocity vector field. does not affect the scalar . Following the previous equation, we may conclude that either or
Remark 1.
To determine the compatibility of a theory with the Null Energy Condition (NEC) and Weak Energy Condition (WEC) based on the signs and magnitudes of , for NEC compatibility, for ; for WEC compatibility, and for Thus, this geometric corrections (58) are not compatible with NEC and WEC. Remark 2.
The equation of state for dark matter era is defined by , wherein is a function of the scale factor β with cosmic time t. The eras of dark matter, stiff matter, radiation, and dust matter are defined by [51] , , , and . Given (
58),
gives an expression for the relationship between transverse pressure and energy density.
Now, we can state that
Theorem 4.
A spacetime in -gravity filled with an anisotropic fluid matter endowed with Codazzi-type Ricci tensor represents dark matter era, provided is invariant under the four-velocity vector field
Guilfoyle and Nolan [
52] claim that “Yang Pure Space” is a Lorentzian manifold
where the manifold’s metric tensor fulfills Yang’s equations:
Additionally, the authors of the same study showed that a perfect fluid spacetime with is a Yang Pure Space if and only if the spacetime is a -spacetime. Consequently, we conclude that an anisotropic fluid spacetime with a Codazzi-type Ricci tensor is a -spacetime.
Thus, we can draw the following conclusions.
Theorem 5.
Let a spacetime in -gravity be filled with an anisotropic fluid matter with transverse pressure , rest energy density ρ, and endowed with Codazzi type Ricci tensor. Then, the in -gravity is a Yang Pure spacetime.
Theorem 6.
Let a spacetime in -gravity be filled with an anisotropic fluid matter with transverse pressure , rest energy density ϱ, and endowed with Codazzi-type Ricci tensor. Then, the is a -spacetime.
Theorem 7.
If an in -gravity is endowed with Codazzi-type Ricci tensor, then the of an in -gravity is given by (58). Theorem 8.
If an in -gravity is endowed with Codazzi-type Ricci tensor, then the universe’s evolution are provided as | | |
| Vacuum dominated era | | |
| Stiff fluid era | | |
| Radiation era | | |
| matter-dominated era | | |
5. Ricci Semi-Symmetric in -Gravity
The in -gravity is assumed to be Ricci semi-symmetric in this section.
Definition 4
([
53])
. The Riemannian manifold is designated as Ricci semi-symmetric if its curvature tensor satisfieswhere indicates the Riemannian curvature and is Ricci curvature tensor. The difference between the volume of an extremely small area in curved space and flat space is described by the Ricci tensor. Understanding of gravitational theories, especially -gravity and -gravity, which can describe complex astrophysical objects like massive neutron stars, is aided by the study of Ricci semi-symmetric manifolds. In particular, at higher dimensions or under modified gravity theories such as -gravity, the definition of Ricci semi-symmetry helps mathematicians and physicists in their research of spacetime geometry by defining a class of manifolds that are not entirely symmetric but have a significant geometric structure.
Now,
for all
.
Next, Equations (
7) and (
30) can be written in index-free notation as follows:
In addition, we have and , , where and are orthogonal vector fields such that .
Now, from (
60), we turn up
inserting
and
in (
62), we gain
or
where
Consequently, Equation (
63) argues either
or
Therefore, we have the following situations.
Case (i): If , then .
Case (ii): If
for all
. Again, setting
, and after contraction, we turn up
for all
. Thus, (
30) entails that
, so
. Hence,
signifies
Thus, we can articulate:
Theorem 9.
Let an in -gravity be a Ricci semi-symmetric spacetime. Then, the is The rotational curves of galaxies can be used to deduce the dark matter equation of state, which is a negative pressure equation of state
[
44] that characterizes the inflationary era, also known as late dark energy, which causes the Universe to expand more quickly.
Therefore, for
, Equation (
64) infers
Thus, we can state the following:
Theorem 10.
If the source of a Ricci semi-symmetric in -gravity is late dark energy or inflationary era, then the transverse pressure and rest energy density are given (65). Corollary 2.
If the source of a Ricci semi-symmetric in -gravity is radiation type, then the transverse pressure and rest energy density are given below: Remark 3.
Since any Ricci semi-symmetric manifold is Ricci-pseudo symmetric, the reverse is not true in this situation (see [53]). Consequently, we obtain the following result in light of the aforementioned comment and Theorem 9.
Corollary 3.
Let an in -gravity be a Ricci-pseudo symmetric anisotropic fluid spacetime in -gravity. Then, is 6. Energy Constraint and Penrose Theorem in -Gravity
Any black hole will always have some kind of geodesic incompleteness if matter meets adequate energy requirements, according to the Penrose theorem [
54].
The
time-like convergence condition (TCC) is represented by Equation (
66) if we can determine whether the criterion is satisfied by the Ricci tensor
in the spacetime
for all time-like vector fields
.
In light of Theorem 2, we consider the spacetime
in
-gravity model with
matter as a
-spacetime with unit time-like velocity vector field
. Then, we gain
. Now, adopting
in (
28), we turn up
We can now assert the subsequent theorem:
Theorem 11.
Let an in -gravity obey the if is the geometric representation of the strong energy condition
[
38,
55]. Furthermore, the null convergence condition
is implied by the
, implying the null energy condition
[
38]. Considering (
67) and Theorem 11, we now arrive at the following:
Corollary 4.
Let an in -gravity obey the ifprovided the four-velocity vector field ζ. Again, (
67) and Corollary 4 entail the following:
Theorem 12.
An in -gravity obeys the if this gives Let spacetime
M fulfill the
according to Penrose’s singularity theorem for geodesic incompleteness [
54]. Vilenkin and Wall ([
56]) proved that spacetime
M obeys the
. This implies that:
- (i)
M has a connected Cauchy surface that is not compact, and
- (ii)
M has some black holes as well as a trapped surface that lies outside of them.
Thus, in light of Corollary 4 and using the above facts (1) and (2) together, we gain the following two results.
Theorem 13.
Let in the -gravity model obey the ifthen, an admits a non-compact connected Cauchy surface. Theorem 14.
If an in the -gravity model obeys the (68), then an admits black holes as well as a trapped surface that lies outside of them. Additionally, the Ricci tensor
and the energy momentum tensor
are examples of symmetric second-order tensors defined on the 4-dimensional Lorentzian spacetime manifold
that are classified algebraically as the
Segre classification (for more information, see [
38,
57]). Restrictions are imposed by the energy condition on energy momentum tensors or equivalently on Ricci tensor of
for matter fields like those represented by Segre classes. The most common energy condition is
[
38]. The
is the assertion that for any time-like vector field
,
belongs to the Segre class [(11),(11)] [
38,
57].
Considering the above facts and using Theorem 11, we gain the following outputs.
Theorem 15.
If an in -gravity model obeys the with timelike vector field ζ with condition, then Ricci tensor belongs to the Segre class [(11), (11)]. Corollary 5.
An in -gravity obeys the ifthen -spacetime is of type Ludwig–Scanlan types [58] and . For timelike vector field
, through Equation (
30), we have
Thus, we have
Theorem 16.
In an in -gravity, the generator ζ is an eigenvector of the Ricci tensor corresponding to the eigenvalue . Then, is furnished by (70). In addition, if we fix
in (
70), then we gain
,
This leads us to the next corollary.
Corollary 6.
For an in -gravity, if generator ζ is an eigenvector of the Ricci tensor and , then the universe existence is seen in the table below through of an in -gravity as: | | Evolution of the
Universe |
| | Ultra relativistic era |
| | Quintessence era |
| | Phantom era |
| | Dust era |
A necessary condition for the late accelerated expansion of the Universe is that the parameter of inflation or dark energy equation of state
must be negative. In this case, if
, then the violation of
is necessary. Therefore, (
67) holds only for
The right-hand side of (
72) vanishes in the case of inflation or dark energy,
, and we get
As a result, we can express the following result.
Theorem 17.
If the source of matter is dark energy in the in -gravity, then the SEC is violated, and the energy density holds the condition 7. HRS on an in -Gravity
This section examines the structure in an in -gravity with a time-like torse-forming velocity vector field.
By applying the property of the Lie derivative, we have
for all vector fields
Utilizing (
8) in (
74), we get
By computing the Lie derivative along
of (
75), we get
Finally, if we apply (
74), (
77), (
78), (
80) and (
81) to (
76), we obtain
The
Equation (
2) is now used to derive
which implies that
After plugging
, we turn up
Now, in the light of (
5), (
84) and (
86) entail the following results:
Theorem 18.
If an in -gravity admits with a time-like torse-forming vector field, then is a perfect fluid spacetime.
Theorem 19.
If an in -gravity admits with a torse-forming vector field, then is increasing, stable, or decreasing, referring to the following:
- 1.
,
- 2.
, and
- 3.
, respectively.
Next, adopting a stable
case and using (
31) and (
86) together, we gain
Consequently, we turn up the next theorem for stable .
Theorem 20.
If an in -gravity admits stable with a torse-forming vector field, then is Theorem 21.
If an in -gravity admits stable with a torse-forming vector field satisfying the , if Corollary 7.
If an in -gravity admits stable with a torse-forming vector field satisfying the , if Now, in the light of Remark 2 and Theorem 20, we infer the following Corollaries:
Corollary 8.
If the source of an in -gravity is radiation type and admits stable with a torse-forming vector field, then the transverse pressures and density are Corollary 9.
If stiff matter is the source of an in -gravity and admits stable with a torse-forming vector field, then the transverse pressures and density are The anisotropic field equations reduce directly to the standard, isotropic gravitational field equations in the isotropic limit, where radial pressure and tangential pressure equalize such that
. Then, the anisotropic stress tensor vanishes. These equations are consistent with perfect fluid, FLRW-type scenarios. The results are consistent, and the field equations accept perfect fluid solutions where the energy–momentum tensor is of the form
Moreover, the usual energy conditions (WEC, NEC, SEC) that are necessary for the models’ physical viability are preserved by the isotropic limit.
8. Conclusions
The modified -gravity hypothesis provides an effective representation of the Universe’s abrupt expansion during the late cosmic eras. Numerous ranges of physical and geometric phenomena have been revealed that extend beyond standard General Relativity (GTR) to the -gravity model. Cosmological problems including dark matter, late-time acceleration, and the early inflationary epoch are mostly addressed by this -gravity model. In the present study of an in modified gravity, most notable is its fascinating relationship to certain geometric symmetries like Ricci semi-symmetry and Ricci pseudo-symmetry. We derive the gravitational field equation of the -gravity model coupled with the formula for the Ricci scalar for the in the specific -gravity model. An anisotropic spacetime in -gravity with a Codazzi-type Ricci tensor is a Robertson–Walker spacetime and a Yang Pure spacetime. For the anisotropic fluids, exact Equations of State can be derived using solitonic solutions. Furthermore, we derive the equation of state for an and compute the total density and transverse pressure throughout the radiation and phantom barrier eras of the universe using the -gravity framework with hyperbolic Ricci soliton as well. In this gravitational framework, solitons result in variants of traditional physics equations. As self-similar solutions to geometric flows (such as the hyperbolic Ricci flow), hyperbolic Ricci solitons uncover hidden symmetries in the universe’s geometry that Einstein’s original field equations were unable to describe.
Next, we propose certain conditions for the an using the given -gravity model, taking into consideration different energy sources and black holes in terms of hyperbolic Ricci solitons. The SEC and NCC, which are essential for assessing the physical feasibility of the universe’s expansion models, are tested using the measurements of hyperbolic Ricci solitons. In addition, by applying Penrose’s Singularity Theorem to the -gravity model, the existence of black holes and trapped surfaces that remain stable even under modified gravitational conditions is demonstrated.
Although geometric and algebraic solutions exist, determining the stability and physical importance of these gravitational solitons is a difficult task. It is still difficult to represent late-time acceleration while maintaining physical energy conditions (such as the Null Energy Condition) with the compatibility of the metric.
Future Scope
- 1.
The cold dark matter may be resolved by various solitons in this -gravity model, according to research, giving dark matter halos a geometric origin.
- 2.
Examining if compact, stable, and unusual stellar structures like quark stars exist within this paradigm.
- 3.
Investigating the -gravity model with solitons as a possible effective theory that approximates the effects of quantum gravity and wave dynamics.