Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2000-11-23
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
revised version includes a Lagrangian-based, non-relativistic theory of modified dynamics; conclusions are unchanged; accepted
Scientific paper
10.1086/322487
I consider the growth of inhomogeneities in a low-density baryonic, vacuum energy-dominated universe in the context of modified Newtonian dynamics (MOND). I first write down a two-field Langrangian-based theory of MOND (non-relativistic), which embodies several assumptions such as constancy of the MOND acceleration parameter, association of a MOND force with peculiar accelerations only, and the deceleration of the Hubble flow as a background field which influences the dynamics of a finite size region. In the context of this theory, the equation for the evolution of spherically symmetric over-densities is non-linear and implies very rapid growth even in a low-density background, particularly at the epoch when the putative cosmological constant begins to dominate the Hubble expansion. Small comoving scales enter the MOND regime earlier than larger scales and therefore evolve to large over-densities sooner. Taking the initial COBE-normalized power spectrum provided by CMBFAST (Seljak & Zeldarriaga 1996), I find that the final power-spectrum resembles that of the standard LCDM universe and thus retains the empirical successes of that model.
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