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New estimates of the deceleration parameter in weak gravity

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics 2016-11-18 v1

Abstract

We consider weak gravity at accelerations α<aH\alpha<a_H when Rindler and cosmological horizon collude at RH=c/HR_H=c/H, where cc is the velocity of light and HH is the Hubble parameter. This is manifest in reduced inertia mm, below the value m0m_0 in Newtonian gravity. Striking evidence for a sharp transition to weak gravity is found in galaxy rotation curves. Their sensitivity to the cosmological background is expressed by correlations to the deceleration parameter q=1(4πa0/cH)2q=1-(4\pi a_0/cH)^{2} and q=1/23(Ωb/2π)1/2q=-1/2 -3 (\Omega_b/\sqrt{2}\sqrt{\pi})^{1/2}, where a0a_0 is Milgrom's scale in the baryonic Tully-Fisher relation of spiral galaxies and Ωb\Omega_b is the baryonic matter density. The Planck value Ωb=0.048\Omega_b=0.048 with H73H\simeq 73 km s1^{-1} Mpc1^{-1} shows q0.85q\simeq-0.85. Future surveys may determine Q0=dq(z)/dzz=0Q_0=\left.dq(z)/dz\right|_{z=0} to provide a direct test for dynamical dark energy (Q0>2.5Q_0>2.5) versus Λ\LambdaCDM (Q0<1Q_0<1).

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@article{arxiv.1611.05692,
  title  = {New estimates of the deceleration parameter in weak gravity},
  author = {Maurice H. P. M. van Putten},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1611.05692},
  year   = {2016}
}

Comments

13 pages, 2 figures, Invited Physics Seminar, Dept. Physics, UWA, Perth (October 17 2016); KPS Fall Meeting 2016; Invited talk at 7th KIAS Conf. Cosmology and Structure Formation (Oct. 30 - Nov. 4 2016)

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