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A. N. Lasenby, C. J. L. Doran and S. F. Gull.
Cosmological Consequences of a Flat-Space Theory of Gravity
In F. Brackx and R. Delanghe, editors, Clifford Algebras and
their Applications in Mathematical Physics. Deinze 1993 (Kluwer
Academic, Dordrecht, 1993), p. 387-396.
Abstract: In the preceding paper we described some aspects
of a new theory of gravity, and found radially-symmetric static
solutions to the free-field equations. Here we apply the theory
to the universe on the largest scales by investigating the consequences
of spatial homogeneity. A guiding principle for our theory is that
spacetime itself does not play an active role in physics. This means
that spacetime cannot be thought of as expanding, and we show also
that material test particles do not expand away from each other.
Nevertheless, we do predict the observed galactic redshifts. Furthermore,
we find that the only cosmological models compatible with complete
spatial homogeneity are those at critical density.
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