Can Effects of Dark Matter Be Explained by the Turbulent Flow of Spacetime英文文献资料.docVIP

Journal of Modern Physics, 2012, 3, 1123-1127 /10.4236/jmp.2012.329146 Published Online September 2012 (http://www.SciRP.org/journal/jmp) Can Effects of Dark Matter Be Explained by the Turbulent Flow of Spacetime? F. Elliott Koch, Angus H. Wright School of Physics, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia Email: f.koch@.au, mhchan@.hk Received July 9, 2012; revised August 11, 2012; accepted August 18, 2012 ABSTRACT For the past forty years the search for dark matter has been one of the primary foci of astrophysics, although there has yet to be any direct evidence for its existence [1]. Indirect evidence for the existence of dark matter is largely rooted in ? the rotational speeds of stars within their host galaxies, where, instead of having a r?1/2 radial dependence, stars ap- pear to have orbital speeds independent of their distance from the galactic center, which led to proposed existence of dark matter [1,2]. We propose an alternate explanation for the observed stellar motions within galaxies, combining the standard treatment of a fluid-like spacetime with the possibility of a “bulk flow” of mass through the Universe. The differential “flow” of spacetime could generate vorticies capable of providing the “perceived” rotational speeds in ex- cess of those predicted by Newtonian mechanics. Although a more detailed analysis of our theory is forthcoming, we find a crude “order of magnitude” calculation can explain this phenomena. We also find that this can be used to explain the graviational lensing observed around globular clusters like “Bullet Cluster”. Keywords: Dark Matter; Galaxy; Relativity; Gravitation 1. Introduction evolution is determining the origins of this disparity. This is an example of how our understanding of dark matter (or lack there of) is still grounds for much debate. How- ever, if it may be possible to utilise a different model for the origin of galactic formation then it is