Spherically symmetric problem on the brane and galactic rotation curves

Details Spherically symmetric problem on the brane and galactic rotation curves Spherically symmetric problem on the brane and galactic rotation curves

2007-06-05

arxiv.org/abs/0706.0649v2

Phys.Rev.D76:064009,2007

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology

29 pages, text slightly revised, references added, version to be published in PRD

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevD.76.064009

We investigate the braneworld model with induced gravity to clarify the role of the cross-over length scale \ell in the possible explanation of the dark-matter phenomenon in astrophysics and in cosmology. Observations of the 21 cm line from neutral hydrogen clouds in spiral galaxies reveal that the rotational velocities remain nearly constant at a value v_c ~ 10^{-3}--10^{-4} in the units of the speed of light in the region of the galactic halo. Using the smallness of v_c, we develop a perturbative scheme for reconstructing the metric in a galactic halo. In the leading order of expansion in v_c, at the distances r \gtrsim v_c \ell, our result reproduces that obtained in the Randall-Sundrum braneworld model. This inequality is satisfied in a real spiral galaxy such as our Milky Way for distances r ~ 3 kpc, at which the rotational velocity curve becomes flat, v_c ~ 7 \times 10^{-4}, if \ell \lesssim 2 Mpc. The gravitational situation in this case can be approximately described by the Einstein equations with the so-called Weyl fluid playing the role of dark matter. In the region near the gravitating body, we derive a closed system of equations for static spherically symmetric situation under the approximation of zero anisotropic stress of the Weyl fluid. We find the Schwarzschild metric to be an approximate vacuum solution of these equations at distances r \lesssim (r_g \ell^2)^{1/3}. The value \ell \lesssim 2 Mpc complies well with the solar-system tests. At the same time, in cosmology, a low-density braneworld with \ell of this order of magnitude can mimic the expansion properties of the high-density LCDM (lambda + cold dark matter) universe at late times. Combined observations of galactic rotation curves and gravitational lensing can possibly discriminate between the higher-dimensional effects and dark matter.

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