Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics – General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
Scientific paper
2011-05-05
Mod. Phys. Lett. A, Vol. 26, No. 34 (2011) 2559-2578
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
14 pages, 3 figures, accepted in Mod. Phys. Lett. A, extended discussion, references added
Scientific paper
10.1142/S0217732311036942
We study the problem of relaxing a large cosmological constant in the astrophysical domain through a dynamical mechanism based on a modified action of gravity previously considered by us at the cosmological level. We solve the model in the Schwarzschild-de Sitter metric for large and small astrophysical scales, and address its physical interpretation by separately studying the Jordan's frame and Einstein's frame formulations of it. In particular, we determine the extremely weak strength of fifth forces in our model and show that they are virtually unobservable. Finally, we estimate the influence that the relaxation mechanism may have on pulling apart the values of the two gravitational potentials Psi and Phi of the metric, as this implies a departure of the model from General Relativity and could eventually provide an observational test of the new framework at large astrophysical scales, e.g. through gravitational lensing.
Bauer Florian
Sola Joan
Stefancic Hrvoje
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