Solar System Experiments and the Interpretation of Saa's Model of Gravity with Propagating Torsion as a Theory with Variable Plank "Constant"

TL;DR

This paper evaluates a recent theory of gravity with a variable Planck constant against solar system experiments and finds it inconsistent with observed data.

Contribution

It critically assesses the viability of a novel gravity model with a variable Planck constant using solar system experiments.

Findings

The proposed model is incompatible with solar system gravitational tests.

The interpretation of the transposed equi-affine theory as a variable Planck constant theory is challenged.

Standard solar system experiments do not support the variable Planck constant hypothesis.

Abstract

It is shown that the recently proposed interpretation of the transposed equi-affine theory of gravity as a theory with variable Plank "constant" is inconsistent with basic solar system gravitational experiments.