Test particle motion in modified gravity theories
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
2013-02-06 v2
Abstract
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. ). 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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@article{arxiv.1210.3136,
title = {Test particle motion in modified gravity theories},
author = {Mahmood Roshan},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1210.3136},
year = {2013}
}
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