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Brans-Dicke static universes

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We study flat and nonflat static models obeying the Brans-Dicke theory and RW metric, including the case which considers Bertolami's time-dependent cosmological term. We find several solutions where the density remains constant, while the gravitational constant varies with time.

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  1. Department of Exact Sciences, Faculdade de Filosofia, Ciências e Letras da FURJ, 89200, Joinville SC, Brazil

    Marcelo Samuel Berman

  2. Instituto de Física da Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Ilha do Fundão, 21945, Rio de Janeiro RJ, Brazil

    M. M. Som

  3. Department of Physics, Instituto Tecnológico de Aeronáutica, 12225, Sâo José dos Campos SP, Brazil

    Fernando de Mello Gomide

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Berman, M.S., Som, M.M. & de Mello Gomide, F. Brans-Dicke static universes. Gen Relat Gravit 21, 287–292 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00764101

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