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Recorded: 4/4/2019 Released: 5/3/2019
Randy and Jim discuss Eric Verlinde's theory of emergent gravity that relies on statistical methods to produce both gravitational attraction and inertial effects.
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Notes:
1. The papers we read for this program:
- Verlinde ,E., " On the Origin of Gravity and the Laws of Newton." J. High Energ. Phys. 2011, 2011:029 (2011). [arXiv]
- Tortora, C., "Testing Verlinde's emergent gravity in early-type galaxies." Mon. Notices Royal Astron. Soc. 2324, 214004 (2018). [arXiv]
2. Additional related paper I half-read and we discussed:
- Verlinde, E., "Emergent Gravity and the Dark Universe" SciPost Physics. 2, 10.21468 (2016). [arXiv]
3. Related Episodes of Physics Frontiers:
- Physics Frontiers 10: Requirements for Alternative Gravity Theories
- Physics Frontiers 31: The Parameterized Post-Newtonian Framework
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