Dark matter from dark energy in q-theory

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A1 Alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä

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JETP Letters, Volume 105, issue 2, pp. 74-77

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A constant (spacetime-independent) q-field may play a crucial role for the cancellation of Planck-scale contributions to the gravitating vacuum energy density. We now show that a small spacetime-dependent perturbation of the equilibrium q-field behaves gravitationally as a pressureless perfect fluid. This makes the fluctuating part of the q-field a candidate for the inferred dark-matter component of the present universe. For a Planck-scale oscillation frequency of the q-field perturbation, the implication would be that direct searches for dark-matter particles would remain unsuccessful in the foreseeable future.

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Klinkhamer, F R & Volovik, G E 2017, 'Dark matter from dark energy in q-theory', JETP Letters, vol. 105, no. 2, pp. 74-77. https://doi.org/10.1134/S0021364017020011