We discuss the physical equivalence between the Einstein and Jordan frames in Brans-Dicke theory. The inequivalence of conformal transformed theories is clarified with the help of an old equivalence theorem of Chrisholm’s. 04.20. Fy, 04.50. +h Typeset using REVTEX 1 Brans-Dicke theory is a natural generalization of Einstein theory. In Brans-Dicke theory, the effective gravitational constantGeff...

We show that rapid primordial inflation and slow asymptotic inflation is a natural consequence of Brans-Dicke theory. The ratio of the two inflation parameters is proportional to the square root of the Brans-Dicke parameter ω (ω ≫ 1). We also calculate the Hubble parameter H and the time variation of the time dependent Newtonian gravitational constant G for both regimes. The variation of the Hu...

In this study, rice brans from different cultivars (Calrose, Jasmine, and Red Wells) were assessed for their ability to inhibit Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium using an in vitro mixed anaerobic culture system containing cecal microbiota obtained from broilers of different ages. Salmonella Typhimurium was added to controls (feed only, cecal only, and feed + cecal material) and treatments...

We investigate time dependent solutions (S-brane solutions) for product manifolds consisting of factor spaces where only one of them is non-Ricci-flat. Our model contains minimally coupled free scalar field as a matter source. We discuss a possibility of generating late time acceleration of the Universe. The analysis is performed in conformally related Brans-Dicke and Einstein frames. Dynamical...

We present a new exact solution in Brans-Dicke theory. The solution describes inhomogeneous plane-symmetric perfect fluid cosmological model with an equation of state p = γρ. Some main properties of the solution are discussed.

Several modification of Einstein’s general relativity have been proposed and extensively studied so far by many cosmologists to unify gravitation and many other effects in the universe. Barber 1 has produced two continuous self-creation theories by modifying the Brans-Dicke theory and general relativity. The modified theories create the universe out of self-contained gravitational and matter fi...

We treat a very crude model of an exploding star, in the weak field approximation of the Brans-Dicke theory, in a scenario that resembles some characteristics data of a Type Ia Supernova. The most noticeable feature, in the electromagnetic component, is the relationship between the absolute magnitude at maximum brightness of the star and the decline rate in one magnitude from that maximum. This...

This paper is devoted to obtaining a class of rotating black brane solutions of Brans–Dicke theory in the presence of a power Maxwell-invariant source. Since the field equations include the second derivatives of the scalar field, we cannot solve them, directly. Therefore, we first obtain the solutions of Einstein-dilaton gravity in the presence of a nonlinear Maxwell field, and then, by using a...

We present an autonomous phase-plane describing the evolution of FriedmannRobertson-Walker models containing a perfect fluid (with barotropic index γ) in BransDicke gravity (with Brans-Dicke parameter ω). We find self-similar fixed points corresponding to Nariai’s power-law solutions for spatially flat models and curvature-scaling solutions for curved models. At infinite values of the phase-pla...

In a natural extension of the Jordan{Brans{Dicke theory the scalar eld can couple much more strongly to dark than to visible matter. New limits on the coupling constants of the model are obtained from standard big{bang nucleosynthesis.