Dark matter as an effect of the quantum vacuum
Abstract
The interaction between the quantum vacuum and a weak gravitational field is calculated for the vacuum fields of quantum electrodynamics. The result shows that the vacuum state is modified by the gravitational field, giving rise to a nonzero interaction energy. This suggests a model that fits in the main properties of the hypothetical dark matter in galactic haloes.
- Publication:
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Astrophysics and Space Science
- Pub Date:
- April 2018
- DOI:
- arXiv:
- arXiv:1711.01926
- Bibcode:
- 2018Ap&SS.363...74S
- Keywords:
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- Dark matter;
- Quantum vacuum;
- Flat rotation curves;
- Quantum electrodynamics;
- Gravity vacuum interaction;
- Physics - General Physics
- E-Print:
- 26 pages. arXiv admin note: text overlap with arXiv:1702.03430 by other authors