Dark matter from dark energy in q-theory
General Physics
2017-05-24 v2 High Energy Physics - Theory
Abstract
A constant (spacetime-independent) -field may play a crucial role for the cancellation of Planck-scale contributions to the gravitating vacuum energy density. We now show that a small spacetime-dependent perturbation of the equilibrium -field behaves gravitationally as a pressureless perfect fluid. This makes the fluctuating part of the -field a candidate for the inferred dark-matter component of the present universe. For a Planck-scale oscillation frequency of the -field perturbation, the implication would be that direct searches for dark-matter particles would remain unsuccessful in the foreseeable future.
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@article{arxiv.1612.02326,
title = {Dark matter from dark energy in q-theory},
author = {F. R. Klinkhamer and G. E. Volovik},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1612.02326},
year = {2017}
}
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4 pages; published version