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Corrections to the Newton and Coulomb potentials caused by effects of spacetime foam
We use an extended quantum field theory (EQFT) hep-th/9911168 to explore
possible observational effects of the spacetime. It is shown that as it was
expected the spacetime foam can provide quantum bose fields with a cutoff at
very small scales, if the energy of zero - point fluctuations of fields is
taken into account. It is also shown that EQFT changes the behaviour of
massless fields at very large scales (in the classical region). We show that as
the Coulomb and Newton forces acquire the behaviour
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Density perturbations in the gas of wormholes
The observed dark matter phenomenon is attributed to the presence of a gas of
wormholes. We show that due to topological polarization effects the background
density of baryons generates non-vanishing values for wormhole rest masses. We
infer basic formulas for the scattering section between baryons and wormholes
and equations of motion. Such equations are then used for the kinetic and
hydrodynamic description of the gas of wormholes. In the Newtonian
approximation we consider the behavior of density perturbations and show that
at very large distances wormholes behave exactly like heavy non-baryon
particles, thus reproducing all features of CDM models. At smaller scales (at
galaxies) wormholes strongly interact with baryons and cure the problem of
cusps. We also show that collisions of wormholes and baryons lead to some
additional damping of the Jeans instability in baryons
On topological bias of discrete sources in the gas of wormholes
The model of space in the form of a static gas of wormholes is considered. It
is shown that the scattering on such a gas gives rise to the formation of a
specific diffuse halo around every discrete source. Properties of the halo are
determined by the distribution of wormholes in space and the halo has to be
correlated with the distribution of dark matter. This allows to explain the
absence of dark matter in intergalactic gas clouds. Numerical estimates for
parameters of the gas of wormholes are also obtained
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