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We show that Scalar-Tensor-Vector Gravity (STVG-MOG) is observationally equivalent to the standard model $\Lambda$CDM cosmological model for all probes that depend on isotropic and linear gravitational dynamics, including galaxy rotation…

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The understanding of stellar structure represents the crossroads of our theories of the nuclear force and the gravitational interaction under the most extreme conditions observably accessible. It provides a powerful probe of the strong…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2020-09-15 Gonzalo J. Olmo , Diego Rubiera-Garcia , Aneta Wojnar

Neutron stars (NSs), superdense objects with exceptionally strong gravitational fields, provide an ideal laboratory for probing general relativity (GR) in the high-curvature regime. They also present an exciting opportunity to explore new…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-02-02 Sayantan Ghosh

The equation of motion in the generally covariant modified gravity (MOG) theory leads for weak gravitational fields and the non-relativistic limit to a modification of the Newtonian gravitational acceleration law, expressed in terms of two…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2016-10-31 J. W. Moffat

The polarized images of a synchrotron emitting ring are studied in the spacetime of a rotating black hole in the Scalar-Tensor-Vector-Gravity (STVG) theory. The black hole owns an additional dimensionless MOG parameter described its…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2022-10-26 Xin Qin , Songbai Chen , Zelin Zhang , Jiliang Jing

We investigate the cosmological perturbations in the context of a Scalar-Tensor-Vector theory of Gravity known as MOG in the literature. Recent investigations show that MOG reproduces a viable background cosmological evolution comparable to…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2020-02-18 Sara Jamali , Mahmood Roshan , Luca Amendola

An alternative theory of gravity has recently been proposed by Bekenstein, named Tensor-Vector-Scalar (TeVeS) theory, which can explain many galactic and cosmological observations without the need for dark matter. Whilst this theory passes…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-11-13 Hajime Sotani

We study the global stability of a self-gravitating disk in the context of Modified Gravity (MOG) using N-body simulations. This theory is a relativistic scalar-tensor-vector theory of gravity and presented to address the dark matter…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2017-05-17 Neda Ghafourian , Mahmood Roshan

We find some new exact cosmological solutions for the covariant scalar-tensor-vector gravity theory, the so-called MOdified Gravity (MOG). The exact solution of the vacuum field equations has been derived. Also, for non vacuum cases we have…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-09-30 Mahmood Roshan

Scalar-tensor~(ST) theories of gravity are natural phenomenological extensions to general relativity. Although these theories are severely constrained both by solar system experiments and by binary pulsar observations, a large set of ST…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2016-02-10 Carlos Palenzuela , Steve Liebling

We apply our scalar-tensor-vector (STVG) modified gravity theory (MOG) to calculate the infall velocities of the two clusters constituting the Bullet Cluster 1E0657-06. In the absence of an applicable two-body solution to the MOG field…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2010-05-18 J. W. Moffat , V. T. Toth

New observational data, measured with a high degree of accuracy, of compact isolated neutron stars and binary stars in gravitational wave remnants have the potential to explore the strong field gravity. Within the framework of…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-02-06 Naosad Alam , Subrata Pal , A. Rahmansyah , A. Sulaksono

A relativistic modified gravity (MOG) theory leads to a self-consistent, stable gravity theory that can describe the solar system, galaxy and clusters of galaxies data and cosmology.

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2008-11-26 J. W. Moffat

Among modified gravitational theories, the Tensor-Vector-Scalar (TeVeS) occupies a special place -- it is a covariant theory of gravity that produces the modified Newtonian dynamics (MOND) in the nonrelativistic weak field limit and…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2014-07-08 Masud Chaichian , Josef Kluson , Markku Oksanen , Anca Tureanu

Over the last few decades, astronomers and cosmologists have accumulated vast amounts of data clearly demonstrating that our current theories of fundamental particles and of gravity are inadequate to explain the observed discrepancy between…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2009-07-22 Constantinos Skordis

Scalar-tensor theories of gravity are natural phenomenological alternatives to General Relativity, where the gravitational interaction is mediated by a scalar degree of freedom, besides the usual tensor gravitons. In regions of the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2013-04-29 Enrico Barausse , Carlos Palenzuela , Marcelo Ponce , Luis Lehner

We discuss the galaxy clustering based on thermodynamics and statistical mechanics in the expanding universe in a modified theory of gravity. The modified general relativity (MGR) is developed using the regular line element field to…

General Physics · Physics 2023-02-15 Abdul W. Khanday , Sudhaker Upadhyay , Prince A. Ganai

The current work investigates the structural properties of neutron stars in the presence of a strong magnetic field within the framework of f(R,T) modified gravity, where the matter-geometry coupling leads to deviations from general…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-03-24 Charul Rathod , M. Mishra , Prasanta Kumar Das

A conformal coupling of the metric in the Jordan frame to the energy-momentum tensor, screens the scalar field gravitational coupling strength $G$ in modified gravity (MOG). The scalar field acquires a mass which depends on the local matter…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2014-10-14 J. W. Moffat

In the last two decades, Modified Gravity (MG) models have been proposed to explain the accelerated expansion of the Universe. However, one of the main difficulties these theories face is that they must reduce to General Relativity (GR) at…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2021-10-27 Alejandro Aviles