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We apply Newtonian Fractional-Dimension Gravity (NFDG), an alternative gravitational model, to some notable cases of galaxies with little or no dark matter. In the case of the ultra-diffuse galaxy AGC 114905, we show that NFDG methods can…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-05-31 Gabriele U. Varieschi

This paper introduces a possible alternative model of gravity based on the theory of fractional-dimension spaces and its applications to Newtonian gravity. In particular, Gauss's law for gravity as well as other fundamental classical laws…

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It has recently been claimed that measurements of the baryonic Tully-Fisher relation (BTFR), a power-law relationship between the observed baryonic masses and outer rotation velocities of galaxies, support the predictions of modified…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2012-04-25 Simon Foreman , Douglas Scott

Modified Newtonian Dynamics (MOND) is a framework of theories that adjust Newton's laws of gravity to explain effects such as galactic rotation anomalies, offering an alternative to dark matter. This essay examines the justification of MOND…

History and Philosophy of Physics · Physics 2025-12-03 Antonis Antoniou , Lorenzo Lorenzetti

We present low-resolution spectroscopy of the ionized gas in a sample of optical knots located along the tidal features of 14 interacting galaxies and previously selected as candidates of Tidal Dwarf Galaxies (TDGs). From redshift…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 P. M. Weilbacher , P. -A. Duc , U. Fritze-v. Alvensleben

The missing gravity in galaxies requires dark matter, or alternatively a modification of gravity or inertia. These theoretical possibilities of fundamental importance may be distinguished by the statistical relation between the observed…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2022-12-21 Kyu-Hyun Chae

Dynamical friction implies a consistency check on any system where dark matter particles are hypothesised to explain orbital dynamics requiring more mass under Newtonian gravity than is directly detectable. Introducing the assumption of a…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-11-07 X. Hernandez , Pavel Kroupa

The rotation curves and the relative mass distributions of the two nearby Local Group spiral galaxies, M31 and M33, show discrepancies with Modified Newtonian dynamic (MOND) predictions. In M33 the discrepancy lies in the kinematics of the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Edvige Corbelli , Paolo Salucci

Wide binary stars are within the low-acceleration regime in which galactic rotation curves deviate from Newtonian or general relativistic predictions. It has recently been observed that their rotation rates are similarly anomalous in a way…

General Physics · Physics 2019-08-14 M. E. McCulloch , J. H. Lucio

This work is focused on the preliminary results of the observations of H\alpha rotation curves for some of the late type dwarf and LSB galaxies carried out at the TNG telescope. In light of the observational data and of the N-body…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 E. D'Onghia , G. Chincarini , C. Firmani , D. Marchesini

It is a well known fact that, in the absence of Dark Matter, the observation of the rotation curves of galaxies cannot be explained in terms of Newtonian gravity. Rotation curves become flat in the outer regions, in contrast to what is…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2022-11-01 Matteo Luca Ruggiero , Antonello Ortolan , Clive C. Speake

Galactic rotation curve is a powerful indicator of the state of the gravitational field within a galaxy. The flatness of these curves indicates the presence of dark matter in galaxies and their clusters. In this paper, we focus on the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-11-28 Gayatri Mohan , Umananda Dev Goswami

Despite the success of dark-matter models, unresolved issues require exploring alternatives such as modified gravity theories. In this context, we examine the compatibility of the Hyperconical Modified Gravity (HMG) with galaxy rotation…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-03-24 Robert Monjo

This is the second part of a detailed study of the ultracompact group CG J1720-67.8: in the first part we have focused the attention on the three main galaxies of the group and we have identified a number of candidate tidal dwarf galaxies…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 S. Temporin , R. Weinberger , G. Galaz , F. Kerber

It is shown that the MOdified Newtonian Dynamics (MOND) explains the tilt of the fundamental plane of elliptical galaxies without the need of non-baryonic dark matter. Results found for elliptical galaxies extends to globular clusters and…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Riccardo Scarpa

Empirical theories of Dark Matter like MOND gravity and of Dark Energy like f(R) gravity were motivated by astronomical data. But could these theories be branches rooted from a more general hence natural framework? Here we propose the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-13 HongSheng Zhao , Baojiu Li

The dark energy-cold dark matter paradigm ($\Lambda$CDM) has gained widespread acceptance because it explains the pattern of anisotropies observed in the cosmic microwave background radiation, the observed distribution of large scale…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2019-12-03 Robert H. Sanders

Many past attempts to kill MOND have only strengthened the theory. Better data on galaxy velocity curves clearly favor MOND (without fine-tuning) over cold dark matter. The usual critism on the incompleteness of classical MOND has spurred a…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 HongSheng Zhao

The Modified dynamics (MOND) has been propounded as an alternative to Dark matter. It imputes the mass discrepancy in galaxy systems to failure of standard dynamics in the limit of small accelerations. After a brief description of the MOND…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Mordehai Milgrom

Two incorrect arguments against MOND in elliptical galaxies could be that the equivalent circular velocity curves tend to become flat at much larger accelerations than in spiral galaxies, and that the Newtonian dark matter halos are more…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-27 Tom Richtler , Benoit Famaey , Gianfranco Gentile , Ylva Schuberth