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We have recently discovered that the modified dynamics (MOND) implies some universal upper bound on the acceleration that can be contributed by a `dark halo'--assumed in a Newtonian analysis to account for the effects of MOND. Not…

Astrophysics · Physics 2011-02-11 Rafael Brada , Mordehai Milgrom

Milgromian Dynamics (MOND) has been particularly successful in predicting scaling relations for galactic systems, namely the baryonic Tully-Fisher for spirals, the Faber-Jackson for ellipticals and the Radial Acceleration Relation for…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-11-20 Nikolaos Samaras

The dark matter (DM) haloes around spiral galaxies appear to conspire with their baryonic content: empirically, significant amounts of DM are inferred only below a universal characteristic acceleration scale. Moreover, the discrepancy…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2016-07-27 Joachim Janz , Michele Cappellari , Aaron J. Romanowsky , Luca Ciotti , Adebusola Alabi , Duncan A. Forbes

We investigate how different models that have been proposed for solving the dark matter problem can fit the velocity dispersion observed around elliptical galaxies, on either a small scale (~ 20kpc) with stellar tracers, such as planetary…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 O. Tiret , F. Combes , G. W. Angus , B. Famaey , H. S. Zhao

McGaugh et al. (2016) have used their extensive SPARC sample to update the well-known mass-discrepancy-acceleration relation (MDAR), which is one of the major predicted "MOND laws". This is not a newly discovered relation. Rather, it…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2016-10-10 Mordehai Milgrom

After briefly reviewing the good agreement between large-scale observations and the predictions of the now-standard CDM theory and problems with the MOND alternative, I summarize several of the main areas of possible disagreement between…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Joel R. Primack

We propose a unified framework that reconciles the stunning success of MOND on galactic scales with the triumph of the LambdaCDM model on cosmological scales. This is achieved through the physics of superfluidity. Dark matter consists of…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2016-02-17 Lasha Berezhiani , Justin Khoury

Astrophysical data analysis of the weak-field predictions support the claim that modified gravity (MOG) theories provide a self-consistent, scale-invariant, universal description of galaxy rotation curves, without the need of non-baryonic…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2009-08-09 J. R. Brownstein

We extend the MOND analysis to a sample of 17 high surface brightness, early-type disc galaxies with rotation curves derived from a combination of 21cm HI line observations and optical spectroscopic data. A number of these galaxies have…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 R. H. Sanders , E. Noordermeer

The discovery of dark matter particles would conclusively reject the MOND theory. MOND may violate Einstein's Strong Equivalence principle. However, as we show, there is already evidence that MOND is likely not required. MOND was invented…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 David B. Cline

I review the history and development of Modified Newtonian Dynamics (MOND) beginning with the phenomenological basis as it existed in the early 1980s. I consider Milgrom's papers of 1983 introducing the idea and its consequences for…

History and Philosophy of Physics · Physics 2014-07-30 R. H. Sanders

MOdified Newtonian Dynamics (MOND) is an alternative to the standard Cold Dark Matter (CDM) paradigm which proposes an alteration of Newton's laws of motion at low accelerations, characterized by a universal acceleration scale a_0. It…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2022-11-23 Alexander C. Mayer , Adelheid F. Teklu , Klaus Dolag , Rhea-Silvia Remus

The Cold Dark Matter (CDM) hypothesis accurately predicts large-scale structure formation and fits the Cosmic Microwave Background temperature fluctuations (CMB). However, observations of the inner regions of dark matter halos and dwarf…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-02-04 Susobhan Mandal , S. Shankaranarayanan

I discuss open theoretical questions pertaining to the modified dynamics (MOND)--a proposed alternative to dark matter, which posits a breakdown of Newtonian dynamics in the limit of small accelerations. In particular, I point the reasons…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Mordehai Milgrom

Modified Newtonian Dynamics (MOND) is a possible solution for the missing mass problem in galactic dynamics; its predictions are in good agreement with observations in the limit of weak accelerations. However, MOND does not derive from a…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2017-01-18 Sascha Trippe

MOND predictions are compared with the mass discrepancy, Gamma (the dynamical-to-baryon mass ratio) deduced from the recently measured rotation curve, for the gas-rich, dwarf galaxy KK246, "the only galaxy observed in the local void". KK246…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2011-04-07 Mordehai Milgrom

I review various ideas on MOND cosmology and structure formation beginning with non-relativistic models in analogy with Newtonian cosmology. I discuss relativistic MOND cosmology in the context of Bekenstein's theory and propose an…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 R. 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

MOND is a phenomenological theory with no apparent physical justification which seems to undermine some of the basic principles that underpin established theoretical physics. It is nevertheless remarkably successful over its sphere of…

General Physics · Physics 2007-08-24 Alasdair Macleod

We propose a new framework unifying cold dark matter (CDM) and Modified Newtonian Dynamics (MOND) to solve their respective problems on galactic scales and large scale structure formation. In our framework the dark matter clusters on large…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2012-07-04 Baojiu Li , Hongsheng Zhao