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An alternative explanation of the conflict between 1/R gravity and solar system tests

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2007-05-23 v2 Astrophysics High Energy Physics - Theory

Abstract

Recently the 1/R gravity has been proposed in order to explain the accelerated expansion of the universe. However, it was argued that the 1/R gravity conflicts with solar system tests. While this statement is true if one views the 1/R gravity as an effective theory, we find that this difficulty might be avoided if one treats the 1/R term as a correction to the scalar curvature term in the high curvature limit Rμ2R \gg \mu^2.

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@article{arxiv.gr-qc/0511034,
  title  = {An alternative explanation of the conflict between 1/R gravity and solar system tests},
  author = {Cheng-Gang Shao and Rong-Gen Cai and Bin Wang and Ru-Keng Su},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:gr-qc/0511034},
  year   = {2007}
}

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Latex, 6 pages, v2: title changed, revised version to appear in PLB