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    Corrections to the Newton and Coulomb potentials caused by effects of spacetime foam

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    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 r≫1/μr\gg 1/\mu the Coulomb and Newton forces acquire the behaviour ∼1/r\sim 1/r (instead of 1/r21/r^{2}).Comment: Latex, 4 page

    Density perturbations in the gas of wormholes

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    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

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    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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