Constraining TeVeS gravity as effective dark matter and dark energy

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Abstract

The phenomena customarily described with the standard Lambda CDM model are broadly reproduced by an extremely simple model in TeVeS, Bekenstein's(-1) modi. cation of general relativity motivated by galaxy phenomenology. Our model can account for the acceleration of the Universe seen at SNeIa distances without a cosmological constant, and the accelerations seen in rotation curves of nearby spiral galaxies and gravitational lensing of high-redshift elliptical galaxies without cold dark matter. The model is consistent with BBN and the neutrino mass between 0.05 eV to 2 eV. The TeVeS scalar field is shown to play the effective dual roles of dark matter and dark energy, with the amplitudes of the effects controlled by a mu function of the scalar field, called the mu essence here. We also discuss outliers to the theory's predictions on multiimaged galaxy lenses and outliers on the subgalaxy scale.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2055-2063
Number of pages9
JournalInternational Journal of Modern Physics D
Volume16
Issue number12A
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Dec 2007
EventInternational Workshop From Quantum to Cosmos - Fundamental Physics Research in Space - Warrneton, VA, United States
Duration: 21 May 200624 May 2006

Keywords

  • dark matter
  • cosmology
  • gravitation
  • MODIFIED NEWTONIAN DYNAMICS
  • GALAXIES
  • CLUSTERS
  • MOND

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