Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics – Galaxy Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2009-06-25
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
Galaxy Astrophysics
41 pages, 5 figures, 2 tables; greatly revised version, improved numerical analysis and discussion
Scientific paper
In this study one resorts to the phenomenology of models endowed with a non-minimal coupling between matter and geometry, in order to develop a mechanism through which dynamics similar to that due to the presence of dark matter is generated. As a first attempt, one tries to account for the flattening of the galaxy rotation curves as an effect of the non-(covariant) conservation of the energy-momentum tensor of visible matter. Afterwards, one assumes instead that this non-minimal coupling modifies the scalar curvature in a way that can be interpreted as a dark matter component (albeit with negative pressure). It is concluded that it is possible to mimic known dark matter density profiles through an appropriate power-law coupling $f_2 = (R/R0)^n$, with a negative index $n$ -- a fact that reflects the dominance of dark matter at large distances. The properties of the model are extensively discussed, and possible cosmological implications are addressed.
Bertolami Orfeu
Páramos Jorge
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