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Modified Newtonian Dynamics (MOND) as a Modification of Newtonian Inertia

Astrophysics of Galaxies 2018-01-09 v2

Abstract

We present a modified inertia formulation of Modified Newtonian dynamics (MOND) without retaining Galilean invariance. Assuming that the existence of a universal upper bound, predicted by MOND, to the acceleration produced by a dark halo is equivalent to a violation of the hypothesis of locality (which states that an accelerated observer is pointwise inertial), we demonstrate that Milgrom's law is invariant under a new space-time coordinate transformation. In light of the new coordinate symmetry, we address the deficiency of MOND in resolving the mass discrepancy problem in clusters of galaxies.

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@article{arxiv.1708.05385,
  title  = {Modified Newtonian Dynamics (MOND) as a Modification of Newtonian Inertia},
  author = {Mohammed Alzain},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1708.05385},
  year   = {2018}
}

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