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Cosmic dark matter and Dirac gauge function

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It is suggested that the dark matter of the universe is due to the presence of a scalar field described by the gauge function introduced by Dirac in his modification of the Weyl geometry. The behavior of such dark matter is investigated.

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  1. Department of Physics, University of Haifa, 36006, Oranim, Tivon, Israel

    Mark Israelit

  2. Department of Physics, Technion, 32000, Haifa, Israel

    Nathan Rosen

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Israelit, M., Rosen, N. Cosmic dark matter and Dirac gauge function. Found Phys 25, 763–777 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02059127

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