Machian gravity and a cosmology without dark matter and dark energy

Santanu Das

Published 2012-05-17, updated 2015-04-10Version 2

The standard model of cosmology is based on the general theory of relativity and demands more than 95\% of the universe to consist of dark matter and dark energy that has no direct observational evidence till date. The foundation of the concept these dark components are based on a fixed relation between the strength of the gravitational field and the matter density. Alternate models are put forward in past to explain the observations without dark components in the universe. Though they have their own merits and draw backs. In this paper we propose a new cosmological model based on Mach's principle. It provides a similar cosmology as that of the standard cosmological model without any ad-hoc dark matter or dark energy. We show that the theory naturally provides some geometric terms that behave like dark mater and dark energy and dark radiation. The presence of dark radiation provides new observational features in cosmology. We show that the theory is supported by observational data from Big Bang Nucleosynthesis and Cosmic Microwave Background, and provides an explanations for excess number of effective neutrino species and higher Helium mass fraction in the universe. We also calculate the best fit cosmological parameters for our model using Planck+WP data.