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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
(instead of ).Comment: Latex, 4 page
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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