Weyl-invariant gravity and the nature of dark matter

DOI10.1088/1361-6382/ABEAE5MaRDI QIDQ5163355zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Meir Shimon

Publication date 3 November 2021

Published in Classical and Quantum Gravity (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/2012.04472

zbMATH Keywords

dark mattergravitationWeyl invariance

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Unified quantum theories (81V22) Nuclear physics (81V35) Gravitational energy and conservation laws; groups of motions (83C40) Dark matter and dark energy (83C56)

Abstract: The apparent missing mass in galaxies and galaxy clusters, commonly viewed as evidence for dark matter, could possibly originate from gradients in the gravitational coupling parameter, $G$, and active gravitational mass, $M_{act}$, rather than hypothetical beyond-the-standard-model particles. We argue that in (the weak field limit of) a Weyl-invariant extension of General Relativity, one can simply affect the change $Ph{i}_b(x)ightarrowPh{i}_b(x)+Ph{i}_{DM}(x)$, where $Ph{i}_b$ is the baryon-sourced potential and $Ph{i}_{DM}$ is the `excess' potential. This is compensated by gradients of $G{M}_{act}$ and a fractional increase of $O(-4Ph{i}_{DM}(x))$ in the baryon density, well below current detection thresholds on all relevant scales.

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