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Are gravitational constant measurement discrepancies linked to galaxy rotation curves ?

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arxiv 1610.09181 v1 pith:DXWP3HXI submitted 2016-10-28 gr-qc

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keywords gravitationalaccelerationconstantanomaliescurvesdiscrepanciesexperimentalgalaxy
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The discrepancies between recently reported experimental values of the gravitational constant were analysed within an inertia interpretation of MOND theory. According to this scenario the relative gravitational acceleration between a test mass and an array of source masses determines the magnitude of post Newtonian corrections at small magnitudes of acceleration. The analysis was applied to one of the most advanced recent Cavendish-type experiment which revealed an experimental value for the gravitational constant of 180 ppm above the current CODATA value with more than five standard deviations significance. A remarkable agreement between this discrepancy and the acceleration anomalies inherent of galaxy rotation curves was found by a consistent extrapolation within the framework of MOND. This surprising result suggests that the two anomalies on totally different length scales may originate from the same underlying physics.

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