Halo Spacetime
Astrophysics
2011-03-16 v5 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
Abstract
It is shown that constant galactic rotation curves require a logarithmic potential in both newtonian and relativistic theory. In newtonian theory the density vanishes asymptotically, but there are a variety of possibilities for perfect fluid einstein theory.
Cite
@article{arxiv.astro-ph/0511241,
title = {Halo Spacetime},
author = {Mark D. Roberts},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/0511241},
year = {2011}
}
Comments
To appear in the Electronic Journal of Theoretical Physics, updated to coincide with published version