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In this note, it is discussed why attempts to renormalize conventional quantum gravity may be based on a false presumption, because, according to Verlinde's entropic view of gravity, the gravitational force between two elementary particles…

General Physics · Physics 2013-04-26 P. H. Frampton , G. Karl

Verlinde's proposal on the entropic origin of gravity is based strongly on the assumption that the equipartition law of energy holds on the holographic screen induced by the mass distribution of the system. However, from the theory of…

General Physics · Physics 2015-06-05 A. Sheykhi , K. Rezazadeh Sarab

We offer some, hopefully clarifying, comments on Verlinde's recent claim that gravity is an entropic force. A suitable identification of quantities shows that both formulations of Newtonian gravity, the classical and the thermodynamical…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2010-03-05 Sabine Hossenfelder

Some comments are given on recently proposed entropic gravity by Verlinde. We focus on the derivation of Newton's law of gravitation. It is shown that consistent classical relations are enough to result in the Newtonian gravity. In our…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2010-05-11 Jong-Phil Lee

The modified newtonian dynamics (MOND) paradigm of Milgrom can boast of a number of successful predictions regarding galactic dynamics; these are made without the assumption that dark matter plays a significant role. MOND requires…

Astrophysics · Physics 2014-10-13 Jacob D. Bekenstein

After recalling the basic concepts of gravity as an emergent phenomenon, we analyze the recent derivation of Newton's law in terms of entropic force proposed by Verlinde. By reviewing some points of the procedure, we extend it to the case…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2014-11-21 Piero Nicolini

Astronomical observations reveal a major deficiency in our understanding of physics $-$ the detectable mass is insufficient to explain the observed motions in a huge variety of systems given our current understanding of gravity, Einstein's…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2022-07-07 Indranil Banik , Hongsheng Zhao

We clarify the problem in which occasions can gravitational force be regarded emergent from thermodynamics, by proposing an entropic mechanism that can extract the entropic gradient existing in spacetime, due to the variation of the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2021-10-01 Yang An , Peng Cheng

Verlinde derived gravity as an emergent force from the information flow, through two-dimensional surfaces and recently, by a priori postulating the entanglement of information in 3D space, he derived the effect of the gravitational…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2017-11-15 C. Tortora , L. V. E. Koopmans , N. R. Napolitano , E. A. Valentijn

The newly proposed entropic gravity suggests gravity as an emergent force rather than a fundamental one. In this approach, the Newtonian constant $G$ does not play a fundamental role any more, and a new fundamental constant is required to…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2011-11-08 Lijing Shao , Bo-Qiang Ma

We show that the Modified Newtonian Dynamics (MOND) regime can be fully recovered as the weak-field limit of a particular theory of gravity formulated in the metric approach. This is possible when Milgrom's acceleration constant is taken as…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2011-11-16 T. Bernal , S. Capozziello , J. C. Hidalgo , S. Mendoza

We apply Modified Newtonian Dynamics (MOND) and Verlinde's emergent gravity separately to calculate the radial accelerations in 23 dwarf spheroidals. Then, we compare them with the observed radial accelerations. In our earlier work, we…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-02-02 Youngsub Yoon , Sanghyeon Han , Ho Seong Hwang

It has been known for some time that there is a deep connection between thermodynamics and gravity, with perhaps the most dramatic implication that the Einstein equations can be viewed as a thermodynamic equation of state. Recently Verlinde…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2010-03-11 Leonardo Modesto , Andrew Randono

If the uncertainty principle applies to the Verlinde entropic idea, it leads to a new term in the Newton's second law of mechanics in the Planck's scale. This curious velocity dependence term inspires a frictional feature of the gravity. In…

General Physics · Physics 2011-10-24 M. R. Setare , D. Momeni

The unification of gravity with the three other forces has been an important goal of physics for some time now, because a quantum theory of gravity is necessary to explain the universe at its earliest moments. Its pursuit has largely…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2010-11-22 Abhiram Chivukula

Starting from the Modified Newtonian Dynamics (MOND) theory and using an inverse approach, we construct a general form of the entropy expression associated with the horizon based on the entropic nature of gravity. Using the…

General Physics · Physics 2025-10-17 Ahamd Sheykhi , Leila Liravi

The observed matter in the universe accounts for just 5 percent of the observed gravity. A possible explanation is that Newton's and Einstein's theories of gravity fail where gravity is either weak or enhanced. The modified theory of…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2014-11-20 Pedro G. Ferreira , Glenn Starkmann

We implement a test of MOND and Verlinde's Emergent Gravity using the galaxy cluster SMACS J0723-7327, which has been recently imaged using the eROSITA X-ray telescope as well as with JWST. We test MOND using two independent methods. The…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2024-10-10 Ambica Govind , Shantanu Desai

In this short paper we follow the entropic gravity approach and demonstrate how \(f(R)\) theories of gravity can be emergent. This is done by introducing an effective gravitational constant which is naturally arising from the \(f(R)\)'s…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2017-05-08 Ali Teimouri

Some time ago, it has been suggested that gravitons can acquire mass in the process of spontaneous symmetry breaking of diffeomorphisms through the condensation of scalar fields [Chamseddine and Mukhanov, JHEP, 2010]. Taking this…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-09-02 Kimet Jusufi , Ahmed Farag Ali , Abdelrahman Yasser , Nader Inan , A. Y. Ellithi