Does the planck mass run on the cosmological-horizon scale?
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Einstein's theory of general relativity contains a universal value of the Planck mass. However, one may envisage that in alternative theories of gravity the effective value of the Planck mass (or Newton's constant), which quantifies the coupling of matter to metric perturbations, can run on the cosmological-horizon scale. In this Letter, we study the consequences of a glitch in the Planck mass from subhorizon to superhorizon scales. We show that current cosmological observations severely constrain this glitch to less than 1.2%.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Physical review letters
دوره 100 11 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2008