General Relativistic Galaxy Rotation Curves: Implications for Dark Matter Distribution
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
2007-05-23 v1 Astrophysics
Abstract
It has recently been suggested that observed galaxy rotation curves can be accounted for by general relativity without recourse to dark-matter halos. Good fits have been produced to observed galatic rotation curves using this model. We show that the implied total mass is infinite, adding to the evidence opposing the hypothesis.
Cite
@article{arxiv.gr-qc/0604092,
title = {General Relativistic Galaxy Rotation Curves: Implications for Dark Matter Distribution},
author = {Dylan Menzies and Grant J. Mathews},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:gr-qc/0604092},
year = {2007}
}
Comments
8 pages, 5 figures, submitted to Class. Quant. Grav