Tuesday, May 1, 2012

1204.6663 (Joao Magueijo et al.)

Saddle stresses for generic theories with a preferred acceleration scale    [PDF]

Joao Magueijo, Ali Mozaffari
We show how scaling arguments may be used to generate templates for the tidal stresses around saddles for a vast class of MONDian theories {\it detached from their obligations as dark matter alternatives}. Such theories are to be seen simply as alternative theories of gravity with a preferred acceleration scale, and could be tested in the solar system by extending the LISA Pathfinder mission. The constraints thus obtained may then be combined, if one wishes, with requirements arising from astrophysical and cosmological applications, but a clear separation of the issues is achieved. The central technical content of this paper is the derivation of a scaling prescription allowing complex numerical work to be bypassed in the generation of templates.
View original: http://arxiv.org/abs/1204.6663

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