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Universal expansion with spatially varying $G$

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2019-05-29 v3

Abstract

We calculate the expansion of the universe under the assumptions that GG varies in space and the radial size rr of the universe is very large (we call this the MOND regime of varying-GG gravity). The inferred asymptotic behavior turns out to be different than that found by McCrea & Milne in 1934 and our equations bear no resemblance to those of the relativistic case. In this cosmology, the scale factor R(t)R(t) increases linearly with time tt, the radial velocity is driven by inertia, and gravity is incapable of hindering the expansion. Yet, Hubble's law is borne out without any additional assumptions. When we include a repulsive acceleration adea_{\rm de} due to dark energy, the resulting universal expansion is then driven totally by this new term and the solutions for ade0a_{\rm de}\to 0 do not reduce to those of the ade0a_{\rm de}\equiv 0 case. This is a realization of a new Thom catastrophe: the inclusion of the new term destroys the conservation of energy and the results are not reducible to the previous case in which energy is conserved.

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@article{arxiv.1905.04296,
  title  = {Universal expansion with spatially varying $G$},
  author = {Dimitris M. Christodoulou and Demosthenes Kazanas},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1905.04296},
  year   = {2019}
}

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