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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…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2026-02-04 John W. Moffat

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

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

We investigate whether Scalar-Tensor-Vector Gravity in its weak-field modified gravity form can account for the cluster-scale inverse-square force law inferred from recent kinematic Sunyaev-Zeldovich measurements of cluster pairwise…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2026-04-30 John 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

We offer a discussion on the strong field regime predictions of two families of theories that deviate from General Relativity in different aspects: $f(R)$-gravity and Scalar-Tensor-Vector Gravity (STVG). We discuss astrophysical effects in…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2020-01-06 Daniela Pérez , Gustavo E. Romero

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

Globular clusters (GCs) in the Milky Way have characteristic velocity dispersions that are consistent with the predictions of Newtonian gravity, and may be at odds with Modified Newtonian Dynamics (MOND). We discuss a modified gravity (MOG)…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-06-14 J. W. Moffat , V. T. Toth

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

We analyse the MOdified Gravity (MOG) theory, proposed by Moffat, in a cosmological context. We use data from Type Ia Supernovae (SNe Ia), Baryon Acoustic Oscillations (BAO) and Cosmic Chronometers (CC) to test MOG predictions. For this, we…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2020-07-22 Carolina Negrelli , Lucila Kraiselburd , Susana J. Landau , Claudia Scóccola

We explore charged black holes in Scalar-Tensor-Vector Gravity (STVG), unveiling their distinctive features across multiple physical domains. Our topological analysis reveals that the STVG coupling parameter $\alpha$ bolsters thermal…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-11-07 Erdem Sucu , Kuantay Boshkayev , Yassine Sekhmani , İzzet Sakallı , Mohsen Fathi

A modified Mimetic gravity (MMG) is proposed as a generalization of general relativity. The model contain a physical metric which is function of an auxiliary (unphysical) metric and a Lyra's metric. We construct different kinds of…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-04-07 Davood Momeni , Aziza Altaibayeva , Ratbay Myrzakulov

The impressive success of the standard cosmological model has suggested to many that its ingredients are all one needs to explain galaxies and their systems. I summarize a number of known problems with this program. They might signal the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2013-11-06 Jacob D. Bekenstein

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

On an empirical level, the most successful alternative to dark matter in bound gravitational systems is the modified Newtonian dynamics, or MOND, proposed by Milgrom. Here I discuss the attempts to formulate MOND as a modification of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 R. H. Sanders

A modified gravity (MOG) theory, that has been successfully fitted to galaxy rotational velocity data, cluster data, the Bullet Cluster 1E0657-56 and cosmological observations, is shown to be in good agreement with the motion of satellite…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-08-10 J. W. Moffat , V. T. Toth

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 consider modifications of general relativity characterized by a special noncovariant constraint on metric coefficients, which effectively generates a perfect-fluid type of matter stress tensor in Einstein equations. Such class of…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2021-03-24 A. O. Barvinsky , N. Kolganov , A. Vikman

We introduce the Gauge Vector-Tensor (GVT) theory by extending the AQUAL's approach to the GravitoElectroMagnetism (GEM) approximation of gravity. GVT is a generally covariant theory of gravity composed of a pseudo Riemannian metric and two…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2013-08-28 Qasem Exirifard

We find a connection between relativistic Modified Newtonian Dynamics (MOND) theories and (scalar) mimetic gravity. We first demonstrate that any relativistic MOND model featuring a unit-timelike vector field, such as TeVeS or…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-03-17 Guillem Domènech , Alexander Ganz