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Nonlocal Gravity Simulates Dark Matter

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2009-03-24 v3 Astrophysics High Energy Physics - Theory

Abstract

A nonlocal generalization of Einstein's theory of gravitation is constructed within the framework of the translational gauge theory of gravity. In the linear approximation, the nonlocal theory can be interpreted as linearized general relativity but in the presence of "dark matter" that can be simply expressed as an integral transform of matter. It is shown that this approach can accommodate the Tohline-Kuhn treatment of the astrophysical evidence for dark matter.

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@article{arxiv.0812.1059,
  title  = {Nonlocal Gravity Simulates Dark Matter},
  author = {Friedrich W. Hehl and Bahram Mashhoon},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0812.1059},
  year   = {2009}
}

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5 pages RevTex, v3: new material and references added, abstract somewhat extended

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