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Wide binary stars are used to test the modified gravity called Scalar-Tensor-Vector Gravity or MOG. This theory is based on the additional gravitational degrees of freedom, the scalar field $G=G_N(1+\alpha)$, where $G_N$ is Newton's…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-05-31 John W. Moffat

Modified gravity (MOG) is a covariant, relativistic, alternative gravitational theory whose field equations are derived from an action that supplements the spacetime metric tensor with vector and scalar fields. Both gravitational (spin 2)…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2018-03-14 M. A. Green , J. W. Moffat , V. T. Toth

Scalar-Tensor-Vector Gravity (STVG), also referred as MOdified Gravity (MOG), is an alternative theory of the gravitational interaction. Its weak field approximation has been successfully used to described Solar System observations, galaxy…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2017-02-02 Federico G. Lopez Armengol , Gustavo E. Romero

The secondary component of GW190814 has mass in the range $2.5$--$2.67{\rm M}_\odot$, placing it within the lower mass gap separating neutron stars from black holes. According to the predictions of general relativity and state-of-the-art…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-03-07 Christopher Reyes , Jeremy Sakstein

As an alternative to dark matter models, MOdified Gravity (MOG) theory can compensate for dark matter by a covariant modification of Einstein gravity. The theory introduces two additional scalar fields and one vector field. The aim is to…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-16 J. W. Moffat , S. Rahvar

The equation of motion in the generally covariant modified gravity (MOG) theory leads, for weak gravitational fields and non-relativistic motion, to a modification of Newton's gravitational acceleration law. In addition to the metric…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2019-05-24 M. A. Green , J. W. Moffat

A consequence of adopting a modified gravitational theory (MOG) for the aLIGO GW190521 gravitational wave detection involving binary black hole sources is to fit the aLIGO strain and chirp data with lower mass, compact coalescing binary…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2020-09-10 J. W. Moffat

MOdified Gravity (MOG) is a covariant modification of Einstein's general relativity. This theory is one of the current alternatives to dark matter models. We describe dynamics of collisionless self-gravitating systems in the context of MOG.…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2014-09-24 Mahmood Roshan , Shahram Abbassi

The MOdified Gravity (MOG) theory of J. Moffat assumes a massive vector particle which causes a repulsive contribution to the tensor gravitation. For the galaxy cluster A1689 new data for the X-ray gas and the strong lensing properties are…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2018-02-28 Theodorus M. Nieuwenhuizen , Andrea Morandi , Marceau Limousin

A covariant modified gravity (MOG) is formulated by adding to general relativity two new degrees of freedom, a scalar field gravitational coupling strength $G= 1/\chi$ and a gravitational spin 1 vector field $\phi_\mu$. The $G$ is written…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2021-02-17 J. W. Moffat

Novel implications on neutron stars come from extended gravity. Specifically, the GW190814 event indicated the probability of having large mass stars in the mass-gap region $2.5-5\, M_{\odot}$. If the secondary component of GW190814 is a…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2021-09-01 A. V. Astashenok , S. Capozziello , S. D. Odintsov , V. K. Oikonomou

Modified gravitational wave (GW) propagation is a generic phenomenon in modified gravity. It affects the reconstruction of the redshift of coalescing binaries from the luminosity distance measured by GW detectors, and therefore the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2022-09-29 Andreas Finke , Stefano Foffa , Francesco Iacovelli , Michele Maggiore , Michele Mancarella

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 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 modified gravitational theory explains early universe and late time cosmology, galaxy and galaxy cluster dynamics. The modified gravity (MOG) theory extends general relativity (GR) by three extra degrees of freedom: a scalar field $G$,…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2020-10-30 J. W. Moffat

In this paper, we have investigated one of the alternative theories to dark matter named MOdified Gravity (MOG) by testing its ability to describe the local dynamics of the Milky Way in vertical and transverse directions with the baryonic…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-06-15 Zahra Davari , Sohrab Rahvar

MOG is a fully relativistic modified theory of gravity based on an action principle. The MOG field equations are exactly solvable numerically in two important cases. In the spherically symmetric, static case of a gravitating mass, the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2010-11-25 J. W. Moffat , V. T. Toth

Very recently a compact object with a mass in the range $2.50\div 2.67\, M_{\odot}$ has been discovered via gravitational waves detection of a compact binary coalescence. The mass of this object makes it among the heaviest neutron star…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2020-12-02 Artyom V. Astashenok , Salvatore Capozziello , Sergei D. Odintsov , Vasilis K. Oikonomou

Based on a stringy inspired Gauss-Bonnet (GB) modification of classical gravity, we constructed a model for neutron stars. We derived the modified forms of Tolman-Oppenheimer-Volkoff (TOV) equations for a generic function of $f(G)$ gravity.…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-04-07 D. Momeni , R. Myrzakulov

Scalar Tensor Vector Gravity(STVG) is a fully covariant Lorentz invariant alternative theory of gravity also called as MOdified Gravity(MOG) which modifies General Relativity(GR) with dynamical massive vector field and scalar fields. In…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2022-04-13 Sreekanth Harikumar , Marek Biesiada
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