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Scalar-tensor theories (STTs) are a widely studied alternative to General Relativity (GR) in which gravity is endowed with an additional scalar degree of freedom. Although severely constrained by solar system and pulsar timing experiments,…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-03-13 Raissa F. P. Mendes

Scalar-tensor (ST) gravity is considered in the case where the scalar is an external field. We show that General Relativity (GR) and usual ST gravity are particular cases of the External Scalar-Tensor (EST) gravity. It is shown with a…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2016-06-08 Bertrand Chauvineau , Davi C. Rodrigues , Júlio C. Fabris

In this article, we have examined the existence of a static spherically symmetric solution in the Scalar Tensor Vector Gravity (STVG) and investigated its horizon distances to develop boundary limitations for our test particle. We have…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2022-11-04 Devansh Shukla , Abhay Menon A , Kamlesh Pathak

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

A gravity theory is developed with the metric ${\hat g}_{\mu\nu}= {g}_{\mu\nu}+B\partial_\mu\phi\partial_\nu\phi$. In the present universe the additional contribution from the scalar field in the metric ${\hat g}_{\mu\nu}$ can generate an…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-10-31 M. A. Clayton , J. W. Moffat

We derive the perturbation equations for relativistic stars in scalar-tensor theories of gravity and study the corresponding oscillation spectrum. We show that the frequency of the emitted gravitational waves is shifted proportionally to…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-11-11 Hajime Sotani , Kostas D. Kokkotas

The vector-tensor (VT) theory of gravitation revisited in this article was studied in previous papers, where it was proved that VT works and deserves attention. New observational data and numerical codes have motivated further development…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2017-01-11 Roberto Dale , Diego Sáez

We present a cosmological realization of Scalar--Tensor--Vector Gravity (STVG--MOG) in which the pre-recombination scalar perturbation dynamics become degenerate with those of $\Lambda$CDM without invoking particle dark matter. In the early…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2026-05-29 John W. Moffat

We consider the slowly rotating relativistic stars with a uniform angular velocity in the scalar-tensor gravity, and examine the rotational effect around such compact objects. For this purpose, we derive a 2nd order differential equation…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-12 Hajime Sotani

We consider the cosmological consequences of a special scalar-tensor-vector theory of gravity, known as MOG (for MOdified Gravity), proposed to address the dark matter problem. This theory introduces two scalar fields $G(x)$ and $\mu(x)$,…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2018-02-14 Sara Jamali , Mahmood Roshan , Luca Amendola

Symmetric teleparallel gravity (STG) is a gravity theory which takes non-metricity tensor to describe gravity effects. In the STG framework, we study the conformal equivalent scalar-tensor theory of f(Q) model and calculate the cosmological…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-04-26 Dehao Zhao

The tensor-vector-scalar (TeVeS) model is considered a viable theory of gravity. It produces the Milgrom's modified Newtonian dynamics in the nonrelativistic weak field limit and is free from ghosts. This model has been tested against…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-10-14 Xiao-dong Xu , Bin Wang , Pengjie Zhang

In order to examine the gravitational waves emitted from the neutron stars in the tensor-vector-scalar (TeVeS) theory, we derive the perturbation equations for relativistic stars, where for simplicity we omit the perturbations of vector…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2010-04-30 Hajime Sotani

The subject of this paper is to investigate the weak regime covariant scalar-tensor-vector gravity (STVG) theory, known as the MOdified gravity (MOG) theory of gravity. First, we show that the MOG in the absence of scalar fields is…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2018-10-09 M. Khurshudyan , N. S. Mazhari , D. Momeni , R. Myrzakulov , M. Raza

Scalar-tensor-vector gravity, also known as modified gravity (MOG), has emerged as an alternative to General Relativity (GR). It aims to explain astrophysical phenomena without invoking dark matter. The S-stars orbiting the supermassive…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-05-21 Ioannis Liodis , Gernot Heissel , Rita Mastroioanni , Jai Grover , Dario Izzo

In order to examine the rotational effect around neutron star in tensor-vector-scalar (TeVeS) theory, we consider the slowly rotating relativistic stars with a uniform angular velocity. As a result, we find that similar to the case in…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2011-01-17 Hajime Sotani

Phenomenological implications of the Mimetic Tensor-Vector-Scalar theory (MiTeVeS) are studied. The theory is an extension of the vector field model of mimetic dark matter, where a scalar field is also incorporated, and it is known to be…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-07-14 David Benisty , Masud Chaichian , Markku Oksanen

We present calculations for the anticipated shadow sizes of Sgr A* and the supermassive black hole in the galaxy M87 in the context of the MOG modified theory of gravity (also known as Scalar-Tensor-Vector-Gravity, or STVG). We demonstrate…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2020-01-23 J. W. Moffat , V. T. Toth

Scalar-tensor theories of gravity are known to allow significant deviations from general relativity through various astrophysical phenomena. In this paper, we formulate a scalar-connection gravity by setting up scalars and connection…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2021-01-21 Hemza Azri , Salah Nasri

There is a viable vector-tensor gravity (VTG) theory, whose vector field produces repulsive forces leading to important effects. In the background universe, the effect of these forces is an accelerated expansion identical to that produced…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2020-12-01 R. Dale , D. Sáez