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Modified Newtonian Dynamics In Dimensionless Form

Astrophysics 2007-05-23 v1

Abstract

Modified Newtonian dynamics proposed that gravitational field needs modifications when the field strength gg is weaker than a critical value g0g_0. This has been shown to be a good candidate as an alternative to cosmic dark matter. There is another way to look at this theory as a length scale dependent theory. One will show that modification of the Newtonian field strength depends on the mass distribution and the coordinate scale of the system. It is useful to separate the effective gravitation field g(r)g(r) into a small scale (or short-distance)gsg_s field and a large scale (or a long-distance) glg_l field that should be helpful for a better understanding of the underlying physics. The effective potential is also derived.

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@article{arxiv.astro-ph/0504009,
  title  = {Modified Newtonian Dynamics In Dimensionless Form},
  author = {W. F. Kao},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/0504009},
  year   = {2007}
}

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9 pages, 8 figures