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I. Yu. Sokolov

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On Gravitational Collapse in the Nonsymmetric Gravitational Theory

The analytical structure of the difference between the static vacuum solution in the nonsymmetric gravitational theory (NGT) and the Schwarzschild solution of Einstein's gravitational theory (EGT) is studied. It is proved that a smooth matching of the solutions does not exist in the range $0 < r \leq 2M$, for any non-zero values of the parameters $M$ and $s$ of the NGT solution. This means that one cannot consider the difference between the two solutions using perturbation theory in this range of $r$. Assuming that the exterior solution in gravitational collapse is a small, time dependent perturbation of the static solution for a non-zero, generic NGT source ($s\not=0$) and mass density, it is shown that the matching of the interior and exterior solutions will not lead to black hole event horizons.

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Galaxy Dynamics Predictions in the Nonsymmetric Gravitational Theory

In the weak field approximation, the nonsymmetric gravitational theory has, in addition to the Newtonian gravitational potential, a Yukawa potential produced by the exchange of a spin $1^+$ boson between fermions. If the range $r_0$ is of order $30$ kpc, then the potential due to the interaction of known neutrinos in the halos of galaxies can explain the flat rotation curves of galaxies. The results are based on a physical linear approximation to the NGT field equations and they are consistent with equivalence principle observations, other solar system gravitational experiments and the binary pulsar data.

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