English

On a weak Gauss law in general relativity and torsion

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2015-06-04 v2 Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics

Abstract

We present an explicit example showing that the weak Gauss law of general relativity (with cosmological constant) fails in Einstein-Cartan's theory. We take this as an indication that torsion might replace dark matter.

Keywords

Cite

@article{arxiv.1203.5642,
  title  = {On a weak Gauss law in general relativity and torsion},
  author = {Thomas Schucker and Sami R. ZouZou},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1203.5642},
  year   = {2015}
}

Comments

10 pages. Version 2 corrects a factor 3 in Cartan's equations to become 2