English

Randers geometry as MOND/dark matter

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2015-11-13 v2 High Energy Physics - Theory

Abstract

We consider a deviation of the physical length from the Riemann geometry toward the Randers'. We construct a consistent second-order relativistic theory of gravity that dynamically reduces to the Einstein-Hilbert theory for the strong and Newtonian gravity while its weak gravitational regime reproduces MOND and the gravitational lensing attributed to the dark matter halo. It also naturally accommodates the observed value of the cosmological constant. We show that it predicts a few percent deviation for the post Newtonian parameter γ\gamma in a part of the regime that interpolates the Newtonian regime to the MOND regime. The deviation is consistent with the reported observations but can possibly be detected by fine-tuned refinements of the current data or specified future observations.

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@article{arxiv.1509.00301,
  title  = {Randers geometry as MOND/dark matter},
  author = {Qasem Exirifard},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1509.00301},
  year   = {2015}
}

Comments

v1: 26 pages, 20 figures, mathematica notes are included in the source; v2: 27 pages, minor corrections, accepted in JCAP

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