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Conformally coupled dark matter

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Dark matter is obtained from a scalar field coupled conformally to gravitation, the scalar being a relict of Dirac's gauge function. This conformally coupled dark matter includes a gas of very light (m ≈ 2.25 × 10−34 eV) neutral bosons having spin 0, as well as a time-dependent global scalar field, both pervading all of the cosmic space. The time-development of this dark matter in the expanding F-R-W universe is investigated, and an acceptable cosmological behaviour is obtained.

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    Present address: Department of Physics, University of Haifa, Oranim, 36006, Tivon, Israel

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  1. Department of Physics, University of Konstanz, PF 5560 M678, D-78434, Konstanz, Germany

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Israelit, M. Conformally coupled dark matter. Astrophys Space Sci 240, 331–344 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00639596

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