Torsion, an alternative to dark matter?
Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
2015-05-27 v3 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
Abstract
We confront Einstein-Cartan's theory with the Hubble diagram. An affirmative answer to the question in the title is compatible with today's supernovae data.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1104.0160,
title = {Torsion, an alternative to dark matter?},
author = {Andre Tilquin and Thomas Schucker},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1104.0160},
year = {2015}
}
Comments
14 pp, 3 figures. Version 2 matches the version published in Gen. Rel. Grav., references added. Version 3 corrects a factor 3 in Cartan's equations to become 2