New Physics at Low Accelerations (MOND): an Alternative to Dark Matter
Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
2010-10-11 v2 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
High Energy Physics - Theory
Abstract
I describe the MOND paradigm, which posits a departure from standard physics below a certain acceleration scale. This acceleration as deduced from the dynamics in galaxies is found mysteriously to agree with the cosmic acceleration scales defined by the present day expansion rate and by the density of `dark energy'. I put special emphasis on phenomenology and on critical comparison with the competing paradigm based on classical dynamics plus cold dark matter. I also describe briefly nonrelativistic and relativistic MOND theories.
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@article{arxiv.0912.2678,
title = {New Physics at Low Accelerations (MOND): an Alternative to Dark Matter},
author = {Mordehai Milgrom},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0912.2678},
year = {2010}
}
Comments
15 pages, minor coorrections. proceedings of: "The Invisible Universe International Conference", Paris, June 2009 (J.M. Alimi et al. eds.)