Can the galactic rotation curves be explained in brane world models
Can the galactic rotation curves be explained in brane world models
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银河系旋转曲线可以用膜世界模型来解释吗
DOI:
10.1103/physrevd.70.024010
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发表时间:
2004
影响因子:
5
通讯作者:
T. Harko
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文献类型:
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作者:
M. Mak;T. Harko
We consider solutions with conformal symmetry of the static, spherically symmetric gravitational field equations in the vacuum in the brane world scenario. By assuming that the vector field generating the symmetry is nonstatic, the general solution of the field equations on the brane can be obtained in an exact parametric form, with the conformal factor taken as parameter. As a physical application of the obtained solutions we consider the behavior of the angular velocity of a test particle moving in a stable circular orbit. In this case the tangential velocity can be expressed as a function of the conformal factor and some integration constants only. For a specific range of integration constants, the tangential velocity of the test particle tends, in the limit of large radial distances, to a constant value. This behavior is specific to galactic rotation curves and is explained usually by invoking the hypothesis of dark matter. The limiting value of the angular velocity of the test particle can be obtained as a function of the baryonic mass and radius of the galaxy. The behavior of the dark radiation and dark pressure terms is also considered in detail, and it is shown that they can be expressed in terms of the rotational velocity of a test particle. Hence all the predictions of the present model can be tested observationally. Therefore the existence of the nonlocal effects, generated by the free gravitational field of the bulk in a conformally symmetric brane, may provide an explanation for the dynamics of the neutral hydrogen clouds at large distances from the galactic center.
影响因子:
5
作者:
A. Campos;C. Sopuerta
通讯作者:
A. Campos;C. Sopuerta