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6 - Theory Variant T2: A Relativistic Theory

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 April 2020

David Merritt
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The third variant of Milgrom’s theory (T2) is a relativistic theory. A number of relativistic variants have been proposed. The lack of a unique relativistic theory complicates the generation of testable predictions, but two predictions are only weakly dependent on the form of the relativistic Lagrangian: an early epoch of cosmic reionization, and a particular value for the amplitude ratio of the first and second peaks in the power spectrum of cosmic microwave background (CMB) temperature fluctuations. The first of these two predictions is possibly corroborated, and the second has definitely been confirmed. However, no relativistic version of MOND has yet been proposed that can accurately explain the full CMB spectrum.

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cosmologycosmogonyearly universecosmic microwave backgroundreionizationlithium problemmissing baryons problemsterile neutrinosWMAPPlanck Satellite Observatorytheories of gravity
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A Philosophical Approach to MOND
Assessing the Milgromian Research Program in Cosmology
 , pp. 117 - 180
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2020

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