Local Constraints on the Oscillating G Model

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2001-03-20

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0103314v1

Phys.Rev. D64 (2001) 047504

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

PRD, subm., 12 pages, 1 figure

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevD.64.047504

We analyze the observational constraints on the effective Brans-Dicke parameter and on the temporal variation of the effective gravitational constant within the context of the oscillating G model, a cosmological model based on a massive scalar field non-minimally coupled to gravity. We show that these local constraints cannot be satisfied simultaneously once the values of the free parameters entering the model become fixed by the global attributes of our Universe. In particular, we show that the lower observational bound for the effective Brans-Dicke parameter and the upper bound of the variation of the effective gravitational constant lead to a specific value of the oscillation amplitude which lies well below the value required to explain the periodicity of 128 Mpc h^{-1} in the galaxy distribution observed in the pencil beam surveys.

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