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The general vacuum Bianchi type-V solution in the Brans-Dicke theory

Dieter Lorenz-Petzold

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Amongst the various modifications of the general theory of relativity (GRT), the scalar-tensor theory of Brans and Dicke (BDT) is treated most seriously ([2], [17], [13]). The BDT is consistent with observations as long as the coupling parameter ω between the scalar and tensor components of gravitation is about equal to or greater than 500 [18]. However, there are noa prioritheoretical reasons for excluding other values of ω. In the limit ω → ∞, the BDT reduces to the GRT for a constant BDT-scalar field Φ

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Amongst the various modifications of the general theory of relativity (GRT), the scalar-tensor theory of Brans and Dicke (BDT) is treated most seriously ([2], [17], [13]). The BDT is consistent with observations as long as the coupling parameter ω between the scalar and tensor components of gravitation is about equal to or greater than 500 [18]. However, there are noa prioritheoretical reasons for excluding other values of ω. In the limit ω → ∞, the BDT reduces to the GRT for a constant BDT-scalar field Φ

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Amongst the various modifications of the general theory of relativity (GRT), the scalar-tensor theory of Brans and Dicke (BDT) is treated most seriously ([2], [17], [13]). The BDT is consistent with observations as long as the coupling parameter ω between the scalar and tensor components of gravitation is about equal to or greater than 500 [18]. However, there are noa prioritheoretical reasons for excluding other values of ω. In the limit ω → ∞, the BDT reduces to the GRT for a constant BDT-scalar field Φ

Key concepts: Brans–Dicke theory, Scalar–tensor theory, Physics, Mathematical physics, Scalar (mathematics), General relativity, Scalar field, Coupling constant

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