A phenomenological variable speed of light theory and the secular increase of the astronomical unit

2013 ◽  
Vol 26 (4) ◽  
pp. 567-573 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. Acedo
2009 ◽  
Vol 5 (H15) ◽  
pp. 301-301
Author(s):  
Juan Racker ◽  
Paolo Sisterna ◽  
Hector Vucetich

Variable speed of light theories (VSL) are interesting because they could solve several cosmological puzzles. In this work we study the thermodynamics and Newtonian limit of the varying speed of light theory developed by J. Magueijo (Magueijo 2000). In the covariant and locally Lorentz invariant VSL proposed by Magueijo c is a dimensionless dynamical scalar field c=c0eψ, where c0 is a constant. The matter and gravitational lagrangians are multiplied by the factors ebψ and eaψ respectively.


Author(s):  
Rajendra P. Gupta

We have shown that three astrometric solar-system anomalies can be explained satisfactorily by using evolutionary gravitational constant G and speed of light c in the Einstein’s field equation. These are: a) the Pioneer acceleration anomaly; b) the anomalous secular increase of Moon-orbit eccentricity; and c) the anomalous secular change in the astronomical unit AU. The gravitational constant G and the speed of light c both increase as dG/dt = 5.4GH0 and dc/dt = 1.8cH0 with H0 as the Hubble constant. We also show that the Planck’s constant ħ increases as dħ/dt = 1.8ħH0.  Additionally, the new approach fits the supernovae Ia redshift vs distance modulus data as well as the standard ΛCDM model with just one adjustable parameter H0.


Galaxies ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 55 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rajendra P. Gupta

We have developed a cosmological model by allowing the speed of light c, gravitational constant G and cosmological constant Λ in the Einstein filed equation to vary in time, and solved them for Robertson-Walker metric. Assuming the universe is flat and matter dominant at present, we obtain a simple model that can fit the supernovae 1a data with a single parameter almost as well as the standard ΛCDM model with two parameters, and which has the predictive capability superior to the latter. The model, together with the null results for the variation of G from the analysis of lunar laser ranging data determines that at the current time G and c both increase as dG/dt = 5.4GH0 and dc/dt = 1.8cH0 with H0 as the Hubble constant, and Λ decreases as dΛ/dt = −1.2ΛH0. This variation of G and c is all what is needed to account for the Pioneer anomaly, the anomalous secular increase of the moon eccentricity, and the anomalous secular increase of the astronomical unit. We also show that the Planck’s constant ħ increases as dħ/dt = 1.8ħH0 and the ratio D of any Hubble unit to the corresponding Planck unit increases as dD/dt = 1.5DH0. We have shown that it is essential to consider the variation of all the physical constants that may be involved directly or indirectly in a measurement rather than only the one whose variation is of interest.


Author(s):  
Chris Longden

Recent analyses of cosmic microwave background surveys have revealed hints that there may be a non-trivial running of the running of the spectral index. If future experiments were to confirm these hints, it would prove a powerful discriminator of inflationary models, ruling out simple single field models. We discuss how isocurvature perturbations in multi-field models can be invoked to generate large runnings in a non-standard hierarchy, and find that a minimal model capable of practically realising this would be a two-field model with a non-canonical kinetic structure. We also consider alternative scenarios such as variable speed of light models and canonical quantum gravity effects and their implications for runnings of the spectral index.


2014 ◽  
Vol 27 (4) ◽  
pp. 523-536
Author(s):  
Santosh Devasia

1965 ◽  
Vol 21 ◽  
pp. 177-215
Author(s):  
Irwin Shapiro

A comprehensive review is given of the Earth-Venus measurements made with the Lincoln Laboratory Millstone radar in 1959 and 1961. The time-delay and Doppler shift data yield a value for the Astronomical Unit of 499.0052 ± 0.001 light-sec. Using 299 792.5 km/s for the speed of light leads to an AU of 149 598 000 ± 300 km. With the radius of Earth taken as 6 378.15 km, the solar parallax then becomes 8″.79416 ± 0″.00002. This value is consistent with measurements made at various other laboratories to about one part in 105.


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