In this paper we study the cosmological aspects of metric-affine $f(R)$ gravity with hyperfluid. The equations of motion of the theory are obtained by varying the action with respect to the metric and the independent connection. Subsequently, considering a Friedmann-Lema\^itre-Robertson-Walker background, we derive the modified Friedmann equations in the presence of a perfect cosmological hyperfluid. Especially, we focus on the particular case in which $f(R)=R+\beta R^2$, considering purely shear hypermomentum and finding exact solutions in the weak coupling limit.
Categories: gr-qc hep-th