TITLE:
The Hubble Constant Problem and the Solution by Gravitation in Flat Space-Time
AUTHORS:
Walter Petry
KEYWORDS:
Gravitation in Flat Space-Time, Cosmological Models, Hubble Constant, No Big Bang, No Singularity, Non-Expanding Universe
JOURNAL NAME:
Journal of Modern Physics,
Vol.11 No.2,
February
11,
2020
ABSTRACT: General Relativity implies an expanding Universe from a singularity, the so-called Big Bang. The rate of expansion is the Hubble constant. There are two major ways of measuring the expansion of the Universe: through the cosmic distance ladder and through looking at the signals originated from the beginning of the Universe. These two methods give quite different results for the Hubble constant. Hence, the Universe doesn’t expand. The solution to this problem is the theory of gravitation in flat space-time where space isn’t expanding. All the results of gravitation for weak fields of this theory agree with those of General Relativity to measurable accuracy whereas at the beginning of the Universe the results of both theories are quite different, i.e. no singularity by gravitation in flat space-time and non-expanding universe, and a Big Bang (singularity) by General Relativity.