1. Introduction
A new solution, obtained from the linearization of General Relativity (GRL), was recently proposed [1] to explain the dark matter (DM) component without exotic matter. GRL adds a second component to the Newtonian field, similar to the magnetic field in Electromagnetism (EM), hereinafter called “gravitic field”. GRL leads to the Einstein-Maxwell equations which are equivalent to the Maxwell equations of EM. The solution proposed in [1] explains DM with a gravitic field of the galaxy
“
” greater than that expected by only mass currents and a uniform gravitic field “
” due to neighboring clusters of galaxies. Pictorially, the solution of [1] is
similar to the situation of particle accelerators in which uniform magnetic fields are essential to maintain particles on high-speed trajectories. This situation in particle accelerators would be very similar to the trajectories of matter at the ends of the galaxies maintained at high speed thanks to this uniform external gravitic field.
One of the criticisms of this GRL solution is that it cannot mimic the deviation of light [2]. In our article, we show on the contrary that the GRL solution with the results calculated in [1] makes it possible to account for Einstein’s rings by finding the expected values of stellar mass of lensing galaxies without resorting to exotic matter. We first define the Einstein’s radius in this theoretical framework of GRL. It consists in finding the expression of light deviation generated by the gravitic field. And then, we apply our expression to recent observations on the JWST-ER1 object [3] [4].
In [3] and [4], the authors use their measurements of the JWST-ER1 gravitational lens within the framework of the hypothesis of the existence of exotic matter. They then deduce the mass of this exotic matter for the lens galaxy. For [3], this quantity in the Einstein ring is too important to be explained by the “traditional” exotic mass. However, the paper [5] could explain this quantity thanks to the Cold Dark Matter and Self-interacting Dark Matter Interpretations. For [4], this quantity is in agreement with what can be expected from the “traditional” exotic mass hypothesis. In our solution, the measurements of both articles ([3] and [4]) allow us to retrieve the baryonic mass of the lens galaxy without exotic matter. These results will also confirm the gravitic field values obtained to explain the rotation speeds of galaxies in [1] and [6].
2. Expression of the Einstein’s radius θE and the Baryonic Mass Mb_L of the Lensing Galaxy Inner the Einstein Ring
Traditionally, the Einstein’s radius
is:
(1)
With
the speed of light,
the gravitational constant,
the mass of the lensing galaxy (sum of
the baryonic mass and
the dark matter),
the angular diameter distance to the lens,
the angular diameter distance to the source and
the distance between the lens and the source.
The field equations of GRL, composed of the two following fields
the gravity field and the gravitic field (similar to the magnetic field in electromagnetism), also called the Einstein-Maxwell equations are ([6]-[8]):
(2)
With
the Newtonian potential,
the vector potential of the gravitic field and
.
These relations are strictly equivalent to those obtained in [7] and [8]. Some coefficients are different only due to the definition of our gravitic field
. But we remind that the Post-Newtonian formalism can be retrieved with
, in which
is the gravitomagnetic field [9]. The interest of our notation is that the field equations are strictly equivalent to Maxwell idealization with, in particular, a gravitational wave speed of
with the relation
.
Figure 1. Optical geometry of a gravitational lens where the Einstein’s radius
is the observed angle due to lens effect on the apparent source at the observer,
is the angular diameter distance to the lens,
is the angular diameter distance to the source, and
is the angular diameter distance between the lens and the source,
the gravitic field in the lens and
the light rays of the source.
To simplify our approach, in the cylindrical coordinate system of a galaxy centered at the center of the galaxy, we assume that we are in the configuration and (where
is the speed of a studied object) and with
uniform and
with constant speed components. As explained in Appendice, in this configuration and with
the Newtonian potential of both baryonic and dark matter and
the Newtonian potential without exotic matter, the GRL modifies the Newtonian potential as:
. (3)
We can notice that this relation is consistent with the relation (20) of [1], which gives the rotational speed at the end of a galaxy.
In our context of light deviation, the speed
is now the light celerity
. Our assumption imposes then that the light rays are perpendicular to
. It means that speed of light of the galaxy source passes roughly perpendicularly through the lensing galaxy. If we assume that we see the lensing galaxy in its plane (Fig.1), this assumption is verified. The gravitic field of the lensing galaxy
is then roughly along the sight line. And also, contrary to the rotation speed of the galaxy which is along
, in this context the light speed is roughly perpendicular to
because
. Our relation
for the lensing galaxy can then be written around
(radius of Einstein’s ring) with
the light speed:
(4)
With
. Given our configuration, it is expected that
. It will be verified.
By explicitly writing “
”, we can write:
(5)
In this configuration, our solution therefore adds to the baryonic mass of the lensing galaxy (
) the equivalent of a “dark matter” to give the following apparent mass (
):
(6)
And Einstein’s radius
becomes:
(7)
We can then deduce the mass of the lensing galaxy inner the Einstein ring:
(8)
The 1st member of the right part corresponds to the expression traditionally used [3] [4] to calculate the mass of the lensing galaxy inner the Einstein ring. But in our explanation of the DM, a corrective term (the 2nd member of the right part) appears due to the gravitic field of the lensing galaxy.
Following the relation (9) of [1], the gravitic term
in a galaxy is composed
of the own gravitic field of the galaxy (
) and a uniform gravitic field that embeds the galaxy (
):
(9)
Our relation (8) because of (3) was obtained by assuming a uniform field
,
which is not generally the case because of the gravitic field of the galaxy
varying along the galaxy. But the light rays which form the Einstein’s ring are all deflected around the distance
of the lensing galaxy. In other words,
is to be considered only around
. We can then consider that the gravitic field of the galaxy changes little around
. So, for the deviated rays the hypothesis of a uniform field is verified with good precision and its value is then (around the distance of the Einstein ring radius
):
(10)
It then gives:
(11)
3. Application of Our Relation to the Object JWST-ER1
The study of the object JWST-ER1 has been the subject of at least 2 articles ([3] [4]). These 2 articles agree on the angular diameter of Einstein’s ring (2
), the radius
that it represents and on the redshift of the lensing galaxy
. It allows deducing a value
similar for the 2 articles.
For [3]
(12)
We deduce:
(13)
For [4]
(14)
We deduce:
(15)
On the other hand, the ratio
is quite different in the 2 studies mainly
because [3] find the background source at
whereas [4] find
.
For [3]
(16)
Which gives in their study (i.e. without the gravitic field
), the total mass in the Einstein ring:
(17)
And moreover, they obtain a stellar mass in the Einstein ring:
(18)
For [4]
(19)
Which gives in their study (i.e. without the gravitic field
), the total mass in the Einstein ring:
(20)
And moreover, they obtain a stellar mass in the Einstein ring:
(21)
Before applying these observation data to our solution, we still need to calculate the value of the gravitic field of the lensing galaxy. To do this, we will rely on the results already obtained in our study [1] on the Milky Way (MW). As said previously, according to this study, we have 2 gravitic field terms, a uniform field
which embeds the universe and the gravitic field of the MW
with the following values:
(22)
For
it is a uniform field which embeds the Universe on a large scale, from cluster of galaxies to cluster of galaxies [1]. We can therefore expect it to be more or less of the same order of magnitude throughout the Universe [6].
But according to the equations of Einstein-Maxwell [1], even if “
” cannot be explained by the mass currents, and in the absence of theory to explain the large value of “
” it is not unreasonable to think that this field could be relatively proportional to the mass of the galaxy. Since the observation gives a stellar mass
for the lensing galaxy 3 times greater than that of MW, we can propose a value which will be in order of magnitude:
(23)
Let’s now apply these values at our relation
.
For the values used in [3], if we take
we obtain for the mass inside the Einstein ring:
(24)
It corresponds to the mass stellar expected in the Einstein ring. With our solution, no need for exotic matter.
For the values used in [4], if we take
we obtain the mass inside the Einstein ring:
(25)
It also corresponds to the mass stellar expected in the Einstein ring. Once again, with our solution, no need for exotic matter.
We can note that in the case of [4], the source is further away than [3]. It is consistent with the fact that
is greater and closer to
.
4. Discussion
In our calculation, we can raise a criticism. The main uncertainty on the values concerns the value of
since without a theory to explain the large value of the gravitic fields we deduced
proportionally to the mass of MW from which the expected
value was calculated in [1]. This choice is therefore reasonably open to criticism. It is therefore interesting to study how our solution behaves with respect to different values of
. We can notice that the value of
that we use must be found in our approximation in a zone with a radius greater than
[1]. In our case, we are at
. Our approximation is therefore certainly of poor quality. But we know that in this point idealization the current value of
(which accounts for the speeds far from the center) a priori overestimates the value of the field near the center (since it tends towards infinity in this approximation “
”). To correct this defect in our modeling, we can therefore expect that using a lower value of
would give a result perhaps closer to reality. If for
we use the value obtained for MW (therefore 3x lower), we obtain for [3], an angle
to obtain their stellar mass and for [4], an angle
to obtain their stellar mass. We thus see that our solution remains stable and coherent despite the uncertainty about the value of
. It is therefore unlikely that this uncertainty could justify a rejection of this GRL solution.
We can also add that our solution in this example appears structurally more stable than the exotic matter hypothesis. Indeed, on the hypothesis of the existence of an exotic mass explaining the DM, the discrepancy
corresponds to the quantity of exotic matter in the Einstein ring. For [3], this quantity in the Einstein ring is too important to be explained by the “traditional” exotic mass. But the paper [5] could explain this difference thanks to the Cold Dark Matter and Self-interacting Dark Matter Interpretations. For [4], this difference gives a quantity in agreement with what can be expected from the “traditional” exotic mass hypothesis. The behavior of exotic matter depending on these two observations can then be very different. Exotic matter solution is then very sensitive in this case to the accuracy of the observations. In our hypothesis of a component of DM explained without exotic matter, but by a gravitic field greater than expected [1] [6], we find these stellar mass values without resorting to an exotic mass and the two results are in agreement with the expected gravitic field. The discrepancy (experimentally due to the uncertainty on the redshift
) can be explained by a slight discrepancy in the value
.
5. Conclusions
GRL type solutions can fully explain the dark matter component without exotic matter. But some authors consider that these solutions cannot account for the deviation of light [2]. On the contrary, we have shown concretely in our article that our GRL solution makes it possible to obtain the expected deviation from the only stellar mass for the lensing galaxy, the JWST-ER1 object. In addition, these data confirm the values of the gravitic fields (characteristics of our GRL solution) obtained in several other articles [1] [6] which were necessary to obtain the entire dark matter component to explain the rotation speeds of galaxies. This GRL solution therefore shows very high consistency on these 2 physical problems (flat rotation curves and light deviations share the same value of gravitic field).
Let us remind on this theme of coherence, that these same field values also make it possible to find the MOND theory as an approximation of this GRL solution. Thus, this GRL solution is the only one which allows us to find both the MOND explanation and the exotic matter explanation (see relation (6)). In other words, it is the only solution to date that allows explaining how two alternative solutions, independent of each other, are viable. This is a new strong point in favor of our GRL solution which seems to indicate that it is more fundamental than these 2 alternative solutions (MOND and exotic matter).
Conflicts of Interest
The author declares no conflicts of interest.
Appendix
In this section, we demonstrate that, with a spatial configuration and and with
uniform and
of constant speed components, the Newtonian potential
is modified as the following manner:
(26)
In electromagnetism, when an atom is embedded in a uniform magnetic field
, as in [10] we can take [10] for the potential vector. So, let’s take
for the potential vector:
(27)
We can verify that, with a configuration () and
a uniform gravitic field, this definition implies that in agreement with Einstein-Maxwell equations. Explicitly, in the cylindrical coordinate system with (whatever
) and
uniform we have the:
(28)
And its potential vector is then:
(29)
It gives
(30)
That shows that we effectively have. By this way we verify that the approximation of a uniform gravitic field is compliant with the GRL.
We are now going to demonstrate that in this configuration we have
(31)
If we assume that, in the previous cylindrical coordinate system, we have a particle of constant speed components and
, it gives:
(32)
We also have because:
(33)
and
(34)
Another explicit calculation gives:
(35)
Finally, in this configuration and and with
uniform and
of constant speed components, with we have:
(36)
By this way, the movement equations of GRL become:
(37)
In this configuration, the linearized general relativity modifies the Newtonian potential as:
(38)
With and and with
uniform and
of constant speed components
(39)
If we write
the Newtonian potential of both baryonic and dark matter and
the Newtonian potential without exotic matter, in our solution we have:
(40)