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arXiv · 1501.05777

Quantum gravitational anomaly as a dark matter

Abstract

The general properties of a perfect relativistic fluid resulting from the quantum gravitational anomaly are investigated. It is found that, in the limit of a weak gravitational field, this fluid possesses a polytropic equation of state characterized by two universal constants: the polytropic constant and the natural polytropic index. Based on the astrophysical data, the estimates for the polytropic constant are given. It is shown that this fluid can describe a considerable part of the cold dark matter. The quantum theory of such a fluid is constructed in the framework of the background field method. The Ward identities associated with the entropy and vorticity conservation laws are derived. The leading gradient corrections to the pressure of the perfect fluid are found and the restrictions on their form are obtained. These restrictions guarantee, in particular, the absence of ghosts in the model. The second order nonlinear corrections to the equations of motion of a perfect relativistic fluid are analyzed and the explicit expressions for the transverse and longitudinal perturbations induced by a sufficiently strong sound wave are obtained. A dynamical solution to the problem of time in quantum gravity is proposed.

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P. O. Kazinski. 2015-02-06. Quantum gravitational anomaly as a dark matter. https://arxiv.org/abs/1501.05777

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