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Surface Density of Disk Galaxies in MOND

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics 2026-02-04 v1

Abstract

In this paper, we extend a paper by Milgrom (2009, MNRAS 398, 1023) dealing with the existence of a quasi-universal surface density for object of all mass and structure, if they are in the Newtonian regime, i.e., that their mean acceleration is larger than MOND typical acceleration a0a_0. This result is in agreement with Donato et al. (2009)'s results, claiming the existence of a quasi-universal surface density in all masses in galaxies. The Milgrom paper also predicts that objects with mean inner acceleration smaller than the values discussed do %es not show the quasi-universal behavior of the surface density discussed. In the present paper, we extend the result of Milgrom's paper, based on a point mass model, considering spiral galaxies, modelled with a double exponential disk. Similar to Milgrom's results, we find the existence of a universal surface density for galaxies with large surface density, and a different behavior for galaxies having small surface density.

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@article{arxiv.2602.03434,
  title  = {Surface Density of Disk Galaxies in MOND},
  author = {Antonino Del Popolo and Morgan Le Delliou},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2602.03434},
  year   = {2026}
}

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11pp, 1 fig

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