Brans-dicke theory

[CPL.Luke]

I just found this surfing wikipedia, apparently its an alternative to general relativity that agrees with all experimental observations supporting general relativity.

 

any thoughts?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brans-Dicke_theory

[deltanova]

anyone know if it has been published in a peer review paper? if so, which one?

[BhavinB]

There are references at the bottom of the wikipedia link, here's probably what you're looking for.

 

C. Brans and R. H. Dicke (1961). Mach's principle and a relativistic theory of gravitation. Phys. Rev. 124: 925.

 

EDIT: After looking up this paper, I noticed its been cited 1670 times by OTHER peer reviewed papers. Wow.

[CPL.Luke]

apparently the only reason brans-dicke theory isn't accepted as the gold standard of gravity is that there is a "tunable constant" (omega) that can be made to fit experimental observation.