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Varying constants entropic--$\Lambda$CDM cosmology

High Energy Physics - Theory 2016-03-10 v3 Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology

Abstract

We formulate the basic framework of thermodynamical entropic force cosmology which allows variation of the gravitational constant GG and the speed of light cc. Three different approaches to the formulation of the field equations are presented. Some cosmological solutions for each framework are given and one of them is tested against combined observational data (supernovae, BAO, and CMB). From the fit of the data it is found that the Hawking temperature numerical coefficient γ\gamma is two to four orders of magnitude less than usually assumed on the geometrical ground theoretical value of O(1)O(1) and that it is also compatible with zero. Besides, in the entropic scenario we observationally test that the fit of the data is allowed for the speed of light cc growing and the gravitational constant GG diminishing during the evolution of the universe. We also obtain a bound on the variation of cc to be Δc/c105>0\Delta c/c \propto 10^{-5} >0 which is at least one order of magnitude weaker than the quasar spectra observational bound.

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@article{arxiv.1503.08722,
  title  = {Varying constants entropic--$\Lambda$CDM cosmology},
  author = {Mariusz P. Dabrowski and H. Gohar and Vincenzo Salzano},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1503.08722},
  year   = {2016}
}

Comments

Matched with published version. some changes in Section VII, 15 pages

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