Cosmology of general relativity without energy-momentum conservation

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作者
AlRawaf, AS
Taha, MO
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[1] Department of Physics, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451
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10.1007/BF02113090
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P1 [天文学];
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0704 ;
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A modified version of the field equations of general relativity is obtained on relaxing the covariant energy-momentum conservation condition. This introduces a single arbitrary constant and does not appear to upset the successes of general relativity in or outside cosmology. The matter-dominated cosmological model, based on the generalized field equations, is discussed. It is shown to provide more room for consistency with the observational data.
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