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Cosmic structure sizes in generic dark energy models
The maximum allowable size of a spherical cosmic structure as a function of
its mass is determined by the maximum turn around radius , the
distance from its centre where the attraction on a radial test particle due to
the spherical mass is balanced with the repulsion due to the ambient dark
energy. In this work, we extend the existing results in several directions. (a)
We first show that for , the expression for found
earlier using the cosmological perturbation theory, can be derived using a
static geometry as well. (b) In the generic dark energy model with arbitrary
time dependent state parameter , taking into account the effect of
inhomogeneities upon the dark energy as well, where it is shown that the data
constrain , and (c) in the quintessence and the
generalized Chaplygin gas models, both of which are shown to predict structure
sizes consistent with observations.Comment: v2, 19pp; added references and discussions, improved presentation;
accepted in EPJ
Comments on the entropic gravity proposal
Explicit tests are presented of the conjectured entropic origin of the
gravitational force. The gravitational force on a test particle in the vicinity
of the horizon of a large Schwarzschild black hole in arbitrary spacetime
dimensions is obtained as entropic force. The same conclusion can be reached
for the cases of a large electrically charged black hole and a large slowly
rotating Kerr black hole. The generalization along the same lines to a test
mass in the field of an arbitrary spherical star is also studied and found not
to be possible. Our results thus reinforce the argument that the entropic
gravity proposal cannot account for the gravitational force in generic
situations.Comment: v2, 20pp, 1fig; added references and discussions; improved
presentation; accepted in EPJ