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.
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