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Scalar potential model of galaxy central mass and central velocity dispersion

Astrophysics 2007-05-23 v1

Abstract

The galaxy central mass McM_\mathrm{c} and central velocity dispersion σc\sigma_\mathrm{c} have been found to correlate with large scale galaxy parameters for samples of galaxies with a limited range of characteristics. A scalar potential model (SPM) that derived from considerations of galaxy clusters, of redshift, of discrete redshift, of H{\scriptsize{I}} rotation curves (RCs) of spiral galaxies and of RC asymmetry is applied to central region parameters. The σc\sigma_\mathrm{c} and Mc M_\mathrm{c} are found to correlate to the host galaxy's and neighboring galaxy's B band luminosity. The sample included galaxies with rising, flat and declining RCs; galaxies with a wide range of characteristics; and galaxies excluded from samples of other studies of σc\sigma_\mathrm{c} relationships. The equations have the same form as the SPM equations for the parameters of the H{\scriptsize{I}} RCs. Because the SPM is consistent with McM_\mathrm{c} and σc\sigma_\mathrm{c} observations of the sample galaxies, the Sources and Sinks act as monopoles at the center of the galaxies around them. This suggests the outward scalar potential force of a Source holds the McM_\mathrm{c} from collapse into a supermassive black hole.

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@article{arxiv.astro-ph/0611699,
  title  = {Scalar potential model of galaxy central mass and central velocity dispersion},
  author = {John C. Hodge},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/0611699},
  year   = {2007}
}