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arxiv: 1210.3136 · v2 · pith:AEMB35MOnew · submitted 2012-10-11 · 🌀 gr-qc

Test particle motion in modified gravity theories

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keywords equationsmotionparticlegravitymodifiedtestmathisson-papapetroutheories
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We derive the equations of motion of an electrically neutral test particle for modified gravity theories in which the covariant divergence of the ordinary matter energy-momentum tensor dose not vanish (i.e. $\nabla_{\mu}T^{\mu\nu}\neq0$). In fact, we generalize the Mathisson-Papapetrou equations by deriving a general form for the equations of motion of a test particle. Furthermore, using the generalized Mathisson-Papapetrou equations, we investigate the equations of motion of a pole-dipole (spinning) particle in the context of Modified Gravity (MOG).

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