Cosmography can be considered as a sort of a model-independent approach to tackle the
dark energy/modified gravity problem. In this review, the success and the shortcomings of …

Gravitational waves (GWs) have a great potential to probe cosmology. We review early
universe sources that can lead to cosmological backgrounds of GWs. We begin by …

In this paper, we review in detail different mechanisms of generation of large primordial
fluctuations and their implications for the production of primordial black holes (PBHs) and …

The search for the curl component (B mode) in the cosmic microwave background (CMB)
polarization induced by inflationary gravitational waves is described. The canonical single …

Extended Theories of Gravity can be considered as a new paradigm to cure shortcomings of
General Relativity at infrared and ultraviolet scales. They are an approach that, by …

In this review we present a thoroughly comprehensive survey of recent work on modified
theories of gravity and their cosmological consequences. Amongst other things, we cover …

The current flow of high accuracy astrophysical data, among which are the Cosmic
Microwave Background (CMB) measurements by the Planck satellite, offers an …

Over the past decade, f (R) theories have been extensively studied as one of the simplest
modifications to General Relativity. In this article we review various applications of f (R) …

We study generalized Galileons as a framework to develop the most general single-field
inflation models ever, Generalized G-inflation, containing yet further generalization of G …

ABSTRACT The Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP) 5-year data provide
stringent limits on deviations from the minimal, six-parameter Λ cold dark matter model. We …