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On the time dependency of $a_0$

Astrophysics of Galaxies 2024-05-06 v1

Abstract

In this paper, we test one of the predictions of the Scale Invariant Vacuum (SIV) theory on MOND. According to that theory, MOND's acceleration a0a_0 is not a universal quantity but depends on several parameters, including time. To check this prediction, we compare the dependency of a0a_0 from redshift, using the values of a0a_0 obtained in Marra et al. (2020) by carrying a Bayesian inference for 153 galaxies of the SPARC sample. Since this sample does not contain galaxies at large redshift, we have estimated a0a_0 from the data in Nestor Shachar et al. (2023). The SPARC sample, for small values of the redshift, in the redshift range 0.000320.0320.00032-0.032 gives a correlation with zz, while the Nestor Shachar et al. (2023) data, in the higher redshift range 0.52.50.5-2.5 gives an anti-correlation with the redshift zz. Both samples show a dependency of a0a_0 from zz, although the uncertainties involved are large, especially for the high-redshift galaxies. The combined sample gives an overall correlation of a0a_0 with zz. The different behavior at low and high redshift can be related to a change of the a0(z)a_0(z) with redshift, or to the lower precision with which the high-redshift value of a0a_0 are known.

Cite

@article{arxiv.2405.01841,
  title  = {On the time dependency of $a_0$},
  author = {Antonino Del Popolo and Man Ho Chan},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2405.01841},
  year   = {2024}
}

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Accepted publication in Physics of the Dark Universe

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