On the role of the far fields and of cosmology for the theory of gravitation and for the dark matter problem

TL;DR

This paper estimates the gravitational influence of distant galaxies within a simplified cosmological model, highlighting the significant role of far matter and matter distribution's fractal nature in gravitational effects relevant to dark matter.

Contribution

It introduces an estimate of the gravitational force from far galaxies considering the universe's fractal matter distribution, emphasizing the importance of cosmological effects in gravity theories.

Findings

Far galaxies exert a non-negligible gravitational force on test particles.

The force per unit mass is approximately 0.2 times the product of the speed of light and Hubble's constant.

The matter distribution's fractal nature is crucial for the non-zero gravitational contribution.

Abstract

We give an estimate of the gravitational field of force exerted on a test particle by the far galaxies, in the frame of the weak field approximation. In virtue of Hubble's law, the action of the far matter turns out to be non negligible, and even the dominant one. An extremely simplified cosmological model is considered. A nonvanishing contribution is obtained only if the discrete and fractal nature of the matter distribution is taken into account. The force per unit mass acting on a test particle is found to be of the order of $0.2 cH_0$, where $c$ is the speed of light and $H_0$ the present value of Hubble's constant.