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We modify the Einstein-Schrodinger theory to include a cosmological constant $\Lambda_z$ which multiplies the symmetric metric, and we show how the theory can be easily coupled to additional fields. The cosmological constant $\Lambda_z$ is…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2008-11-26 J. A. Shifflett

Recent updated results of quasar spectra suggested a 3.9$\sigma$ significance of spatial variation of the fine-structure constant. Theoretically, it is important to examine whether the fine-structure constant, as a fundamental constant in…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2020-11-17 Zhe Chang , Qing-Hua Zhu

In the context of averaging an inhomogeneous cosmological model, we propose a natural measure identical to the Kullback-Leibler relative information entropy, which expresses the distinguishability of the local inhomogeneous density field…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2011-07-28 Masaaki Morita , Thomas Buchert , Akio Hosoya , Nan Li

It is established that physical observables in local quantum field theories should be invariant under invertible field redefinitions. It is then expected that this statement should be true for the entanglement entropy and moreover that, via…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2016-08-17 M. R. Mohammadi Mozaffar , A. Mollabashi , M. M. Sheikh-Jabbari , M. H. Vahidinia

We establish the linear instability of the semiclassical Einstein-Klein-Gordon system linearised about the Minkowski vacuum spacetime. The proof relies on formulating a forcing problem for both metric and state perturbations within the…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2026-04-02 Stefano Galanda , Paolo Meda , Simone Murro , Nicola Pinamonti , Gabriel Schmid

The ongoing discrepancy in the Hubble constant ($H_0$) estimates obtained through local distance ladder methods and early universe observations poses a significant challenge to the $\Lambda$CDM model, suggesting potential new physics. Type…

Physical foundations for relativistic spacetimes are revisited, in order to check at what extent Finsler spacetimes lie in their framework. Arguments based on inertial observers (as in the foundations of Special Relativity and Classical…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2020-04-21 Antonio Bernal , Miguel Ángel Javaloyes , Miguel Sánchez

We study the stability of Einstein static Universe, with FLRW metric, by considering linear homogeneous perturbations in the kinetic coupled gravity. By taking linear homogeneous perturbations, we find that the stability of Einstein static…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-04-21 K. Atazadeh , F. Darabi

A model for measurement in collapse-free nonrelativistic fermionic quantum field theory is presented. In addition to local propagation and effectively-local interactions, the model incorporates explicit representations of localized…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2011-06-02 Mark A. Rubin

We propose a modification of Einstein-Cartan gravity equations. The modified cosmology departs from the standard model of cosmology for small Hubble parameter. A characteristic Hubble scale h0, which is intrinsically related to cosmological…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-07-21 Wei Lu

We show how the distances to binary black holes measured in gravitational wave observations with ground-based interferometers can be used to constrain the redshift-distance relation and, thereby, measure the Hubble constant ($H_0$).…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2018-07-05 Remya Nair , Sukanta Bose , Tarun Deep Saini

Recently the neglected issue of the causal structure in the flat spacetime approach to Einstein's theory of gravity has been substantially resolved. Consistency requires that the flat metric's null cone be respected by the null cone of the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2007-05-23 J. Brian Pitts , W. C. Schieve

We propose an experiment that allows one to test the Einstein's intuitive objection to Bohr's quantum mechanics (QM), which was that if QM is correct, then there should be a nonlocality related to the collapse of a single-particle…

General Physics · Physics 2021-12-10 Sergey A. Emelyanov

Almost a century ago, Hubble discovered the cosmological redshift of extragalactic objects. The Friedmann-Lema\^itre-Robertson-Walker (FLRW) metric was presented as a solution of Einstein's field equations for a homogeneous and isotropic…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-02-25 Juan De Vicente

The idea that local Lorentz invariance might be violated due to new physics that goes beyond the Standard Model of particle physics and Einstein's General Relativity has received a great deal of interest in recent years. At the same time,…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2015-06-12 Robert Bluhm

This report studies possible gravitational effects on measurements of fundamental physical observables such as the fine structure constant and the lepton magnetic moment. Although a static gravitational potential does not contribute to…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-08-11 Yoshimasa Kurihara

This paper has been withdrawn by the author after further work showed the proposed theoretical approach cannot fit planetary perihelion precession data. As presented, the theory doesn't fit gravitational light deflection by the sun either,…

General Physics · Physics 2014-03-28 Steven Kenneth Kauffmann

Although the Hubble constant $H_0$ and spatial curvature $\Omega_{K}$ have been measured with very high precision, they still suffer from some tensions. In this paper, we propose an improved method to combine the observations of…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2021-03-17 Jing-Zhao Qi , Jia-Wei Zhao , Shuo Cao , Marek Biesiada , Yuting Liu

We study the solutions of the semiclassical Einstein equation in flat cosmological spacetimes driven by a massive conformally coupled scalar field. In particular, we show that it is possible to give initial conditions at finite time to get…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2015-03-10 Nicola Pinamonti , Daniel Siemssen

We consider the twin paradox of special relativity in a universe with a compact spatial dimension. Such topology allows two twin observers to remain inertial yet meet periodically. The paradox is resolved by considering the relationship of…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-09-29 Dhruv Bansal , John Laing , Aravindhan Sriharan