2008/02/29 by A. A. Kirillov, Е. П. Савелова, E. P. Savelova +2
Physics and Astronomy · #Astrophysics #Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena #Classical mechanics #Cosmic ray #Cosmology and Gravitation Theories #Dark matter #Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena #Halo #Mathematical physics #Minkowski space #Physics #Quantum mechanics #Spacetime #Theoretical physics #Topological defect #Universe #Wormhole #astro-ph #gr-qc #hep-th
paper · pdf · doi:10.1016/j.physletb.2008.04.044
published as Phys.Lett.B663:372-376,2008
arxiv created 2008/04/24 · openalex publication_date 2008/04/25 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05
The model of a classical spacetime foam is considered, which consists of static wormholes embedded in Minkowski spacetime. We examine the propagation of particles in such a medium and demonstrate that a single thin ray undergoes a specific damping in the density of particles depending on the traversed path and the distribution of wormholes. The missing particles are scattered around the ray. Wormholes was shown to form DM halos around point-like sources and, therefore, the correlation predicted between the damping and the amount of DM may be used to verify the topological nature of dark matter.