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We consider modifications of General Relativity obtained by adding the logarithm of some curvature invariants to the Einstein-Hilbert action. These non-linear actions can explain the late-time acceleration of the universe giving an…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 I. Navarro , K. Van Acoleyen

We propose that there is a regime of quantum gravity phenomena, for the case that the cosmological constant is small and positive, which concerns phenomena at temperatures below the deSitter temperature, or length scales larger than the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2017-11-01 Lee Smolin

We provide a new extension of general relativity (GR) which has the remarkable property of being more constrained than GR plus a cosmological constant, having one less free parameter. This is implemented by allowing the cosmological…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2019-10-09 Stephon Alexander , Marina Cortês , Andrew R. Liddle , João Magueijo , Robert Sims , Lee Smolin

Using dimensional analysis techniques we present an extension of Newton's gravitational theory built under the assumption that Milgrom's acceleration constant is a fundamental quantity of nature. The gravitational force converges to…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-04 J. C. Hidalgo , S. Mendoza , X. Hernandez , T. Bernal , M. A. Jimenez , C. Allen

We investigate the consequences of Birkhoff's theorem in general relativity (GR) and in Modified Newtonian dynamics (MOND). We study, in particular, the system of a finite-mass test particle inside a spherical shell. In both GR and MOND, we…

Astrophysics · Physics 2010-04-06 De-Chang Dai , Reijiro Matsuo , Glenn Starkman

Modified Newtonian dynamics (MOND), which postulates a breakdown of Newton's laws of gravity/dynamics below some critical acceleration threshold, can explain many otherwise puzzling observational phenomena on galactic scales. MOND competes…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2024-03-15 David Vokrouhlický , David Nesvorný , Scott Tremaine

At it stands, the $\Lambda CDM$ model does not anticipate the early emergence of massive galaxies. Canonical Modified Newtonian Dynamics (MOND) seems to fail at late time solar system scale and Wide-Binary scales. To match data, a MOND…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-05-12 James C. C. Wong

The MOND limit is shown to follow from a requirement of space-time scale invariance of the equations of motion for nonrelativistic, purely gravitational systems; i.e., invariance of the equations of motion under (t,r) goes to (qt,qr), in…

Astrophysics · Physics 2010-05-05 Mordehai Milgrom

We propose an extension of General Relativity (GR) based on a space-time foliation by three-dimensional space-like hypersurfaces labeled by the Khronon scalar field $\tau$. We show that this theory (i) leads to modified Newtonian dynamics…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-12-02 Luc Blanchet , Constantinos Skordis

We study a class of nonlocal, but causal, covariant and conserved field equations for the metric. Although nonlocal, these equations do not seem to possess extra graviton solutions in weak field perturbation theory. Indeed, the equations…

Astrophysics · Physics 2014-10-13 M. E. Soussa , R. P. Woodard

We review and extend the Gauge Vectors-Tensor gravity: a covariant theory of gravity composed of a metric and gauge fields, leading to simple second order partial differential equations of motion, whose Newtonian and strong limits coincide…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2014-06-03 Qasem Exirifard

The MOND paradigm posits a departure from standard Newtonian dynamics, and from General Relativity, in the limit of small accelerations. The resulting modified dynamics aim to account for the mass discrepancies in the universe without…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2011-12-09 Mordehai Milgrom

I limelight and review a potentially crucial aspect of MOND: The near equality of the MOND acceleration constant, $a_0$ -- as deduced from local, galactic phenomena -- and cosmological parameters. To wit, $a_0\sim c H_0\sim…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-01-28 Mordehai Milgrom

Accepting that galactic mass discrepancies are due to modified dynamics, I show why it is specifically the MOND paradigm that is pointed to cogently. MOND is thus discussed here as a special case of a larger class of modified dynamics…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-10-13 Mordehai Milgrom

We propose a simple field theory reproducing the MOND phenomenology at galaxy scale, while predicting negligible deviations from general relativity at small scales thanks to an extended Vainshtein ("k-mouflage") mechanism induced by a…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2011-09-15 Eugeny Babichev , Cedric Deffayet , Gilles Esposito-Farese

Motivated by the phenomenology of MOND, we propose a theory based on a fundamental non Abelian Yang-Mills gauge field with gravitational coupling constant (a "graviphoton") emerging in a regime of weak acceleration, i.e. below the MOND…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-12-24 Luc Blanchet , Emeric Seraille

Newton's Law of Gravitation has been tested at small values of the acceleration, down to a=10^{-10} m/s^2, the approximate value of MOND's constant a_0. No deviations were found.

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-06-03 H. Meyer , E. Lohrmann , S. Schubert , W. Bartel , A. Glazov , B. Loehr , C. Niebuhr , E. Wuensch , L. Joensson , G. Kempf

We have recently shown that the baryonic Tully-Fisher (BTF) and Faber-Jackson (BFJ) relations imply that the gravitational "constant" $G$ in the force law vary with acceleration $a$ as $1/a$. Here we derive the converse from first…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-11-26 Dimitris M. Christodoulou , Demosthenes Kazanas

We consider for the first time the implications on the modified gravity MOND model of galaxies, of the presence of dark baryons, under the form of cold molecular gas in galaxy discs. We show that MOND models of rotation curves are still…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 O. Tiret , F. Combes

Ho\v{r}ava gravity is a attempt to construct a renormalizable theory of gravity by breaking the Lorentz Invariance of the gravitational action at high energies. The underlying principle is that Lorentz Invariance is an approximate symmetry…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2013-05-29 R. H. Sanders