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arxiv: 1905.04296 · v3 · pith:TSYBZD6Vnew · submitted 2019-05-10 · 🌀 gr-qc

Universal expansion with spatially varying G

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keywords expansioncaseenergyassumptionsdrivengravityradialterm
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We calculate the expansion of the universe under the assumptions that $G$ varies in space and the radial size $r$ of the universe is very large (we call this the MOND regime of varying-$G$ gravity). The inferred asymptotic behavior turns out to be different than that found by McCrea & Milne in 1934 and our equations bear no resemblance to those of the relativistic case. In this cosmology, the scale factor $R(t)$ increases linearly with time $t$, the radial velocity is driven by inertia, and gravity is incapable of hindering the expansion. Yet, Hubble's law is borne out without any additional assumptions. When we include a repulsive acceleration $a_{\rm de}$ due to dark energy, the resulting universal expansion is then driven totally by this new term and the solutions for $a_{\rm de}\to 0$ do not reduce to those of the $a_{\rm de}\equiv 0$ case. This is a realization of a new Thom catastrophe: the inclusion of the new term destroys the conservation of energy and the results are not reducible to the previous case in which energy is conserved.

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