In this article, we have investigated the role of bulk viscosity to study the accelerated expansion of the universe in the framework of modified f (Q) gravity. The gravitational action in this modified gravity theory has the form f (Q), where Q denote the non-metricity scalar. In the present manuscript, we have considered a bulk viscous matter-dominated cosmological model with the bulk viscosity co-H + H which is proportional to the velocity and acceleration of the expanding universe. Two sets of limiting conditions on the bulk viscous parameters ξ 0 , ξ 1 , ξ 2 and model parameter α arose here out of which one condition favours the present scenario of cosmic acceleration with a phase transition and corresponds to the universe with a Big Bang origin. Moreover, we have discussed the cosmological behaviour of some geometrical parameters. Then, we have obtained the best fitting values of the model parameters ξ 0 , ξ 1 , ξ 2 and α by constraining our model with updated Hubble datasets consisting of 57 data points and recently released Pantheon datasets consisting of 1048 data points which show that our obtained model has good compatibility with observations. Further, we have also included the Baryon Acoustic Oscillation (BAO) datasets of six data points with the Hubble & Pantheon datasets and obtained slightly different values of the model parameters. Finally, we have analyzed our model with the statefinder diagnostic analysis and found some interesting results and are discussed in details.
In the present paper we study a conformally flat generalized Ricci recurrent perfect fluid spacetime with constant Ricci scalar as a solution of modified F(R)-gravity theory. We show that a Robertson-Walker spacetime is generalized Ricci Recurrent if and only if it is Ricci symmetric. The perfect fluid type matter is shown to have EoS ω = −1. Some energy conditions are analyzed with couple of popular toy models of F(R)-gravity, like F(R) = R + α
R
m
where α, m are constants and
F
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R
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=
R
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β
R
ln
R
where β is constant. In harmony with the recent observational studies of accelerated expansion of the Universe, both cases exhibit that the null, weak, and dominant energy conditions fulfill their requirements whereas the strong energy condition is violated.
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