Newtonian Gravity in Theories with Inverse Powers of R

2003/11/06 by Arvind Rajaraman, Rajaraman, Arvind · 1 citation
Earth and Planetary Sciences · Physics and Astronomy · #Astrophysics (astro-ph) #Black Holes and Theoretical Physics #Cosmology and Gravitation Theories #FOS: Physical sciences #Geophysics and Gravity Measurements #astro-ph

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.astro-ph/0311160

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Abstract

We discuss theories with inverse powers of the Ricci scalar. We find the exact metric produced by point masses in these theories, and show that the gravitational force between static objects is consistent with experiments.

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