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Dark matter according to the tensor-four-scalars theory

Astrophysics of Galaxies 2012-02-09 v2 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology

Abstract

Massive gravity previously constructed as the spin-2 quantum gauge theory leads in the mass zero limit to a modification of general relativity. As a relic from the massive theory a vector field v survives which couples to the metric only. However, the coupling does not involve covariant derivatives so that v must be considered as 4 scalar fields. We analyse the static, spherically symmetric solutions of this theory. From the corresponding geodesics we find the circular velocity profile. Interpreting this as coming from a dark density profile, the theory predicts a flat density core for r going to 0. But the dark density profile is not universal.

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@article{arxiv.1105.1644,
  title  = {Dark matter according to the tensor-four-scalars theory},
  author = {Gunter Scharf},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1105.1644},
  year   = {2012}
}

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17 pages, no figure

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