Mimicking Dark Matter
Abstract
I show that a very simple model in the context of Newtonian physics promoted to a first approximation of general relativity can mimic Dark matter and explain most of its intriguing properties. Namely: i) Dark matter is a halo associated to ordinary matter; ii) Dark matter does not interact with ordinary matter nor with itself; iii) Its influence grows with the size of the aggregate of ordinary matter that is considered, and iv) Dark matter influences the propagation of light.
- Publication:
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arXiv e-prints
- Pub Date:
- January 2017
- DOI:
- 10.48550/arXiv.1701.03036
- arXiv:
- arXiv:1701.03036
- Bibcode:
- 2017arXiv170103036B
- Keywords:
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- Physics - General Physics
- E-Print:
- Minor typos corrected. Relevant references added