Generalized Einstein Theory on Solar and Galactic Scales
Astrophysics
2010-11-01 v1 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
Abstract
We study a generalized Einstein theory with the following two criteria:{\it i}) on the solar scale, it must be consistent with the classical tests of general relativity, {\it ii}) on the galactic scale, the gravitational potential is a sum of Newtonian and Yukawa potentials so that it may explain the flat rotation curves of spiral galaxies. Under these criteria, we find that such a generalized Einstein action must include at least one scalar field and one vector field as well as the quadratic term of the scalar curvature.
Cite
@article{arxiv.astro-ph/9211007,
title = {Generalized Einstein Theory on Solar and Galactic Scales},
author = {Masakatsu Kenmoku and Yuko Okamoto and Kazuyasu Shigemoto},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/9211007},
year = {2010}
}
Comments
13 pages, Latex, SLAC-PUB-5963