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It has long been known that Newtonian dynamics applied to the visible matter in galaxies and clusters does not correctly describe the dynamics of those systems. While this is generally taken as evidence for dark matter it is in principle…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Anthony Aguirre

I show that Modified Newtonian Dynamics (MOND) is equivalent to assuming an isothermal dark matter density profile, with its density related to the enclosed total baryonic mass. This density profile can be deduced by physical laws if a dark…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-17 Man Ho Chan

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

Modified Newtonian dynamics, a successful alternative to the cosmic dark matter model, proposes that gravitational field deviates from the Newtonian law when the field strength $g$ is weaker than a critical value $g_0$. We will show that…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2007-05-23 W. F. Kao

MOND-- modified Newtonian dynamics-- may be viewed as an algorithm for calculating the distribution of force in an astronomical object from the observed distribution of baryonic matter. The fact that it works for galaxies is quite…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-06-17 R. H. Sanders

A naive extension to MOND of the standard computation of the two-body relaxation time Tb implies that Tb is comparable to the crossing time regardless of the number N of stars in the system. This computation is questionable in view of the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 L. Ciotti , J. Binney

The widely accepted dark matter hypothesis offers a seductive solution to missing mass problems (galaxies, clusters of galaxies, gravitational collapse in structure formation,...). However the physical nature of the Dark Matter itself is…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Etienne Pointecouteau

In this paper, we investigate the external field effect in the context of the MOdified Newtonian Dynamics (MOND) on the surface brightness and velocity dispersion profiles of globular clusters (GCs). Using N-MODY, which is an N-body…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2014-04-09 Kamran Derakhshani

(Abridged) Dynamical friction can be used to distinguish Newtonian gravity and modified Newtonian dynamics (MOND) because it works differently in these frameworks. This concept, however, has yet to be explored very much with MOND. Previous…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2021-09-29 Michal Bílek , Hongsheng Zhao , Benoit Famaey , Oliver Müller , Pavel Kroupa , Rodrigo Ibata

We investigate the core-cusp problem of the $\Lambda$ cold dark matter ($\Lambda$CDM) scenario in the context of Modified Newtonian Dynamics (MOND) paradigm exploiting the concept of equivalent Newtonian system (ENS). By means of…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2023-10-18 Federico Re , Pierfrancesco Di Cintio

Modified Newtonian dynamics (MOND) is a hypothesized modification of Newton's law of universal gravitation to account for the flat rotation curves in the outer regions of galaxies, thereby eliminating the need for dark matter. Although a…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-05-28 Peter K. F. Kuhfittig

Based on Newtonian dynamics, observations show that the luminous masses of astrophysical objects that are the size of a galaxy or larger are not enough to generate the measured motions which they supposedly determine. This is typically…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2016-04-22 Chung-Ming Ko

The stability of galaxies is either explained by the existence of dark matter or caused by a modification of Newtonian acceleration (MOND). Here we show that the modification of the Newtonian dynamics can equally well be obtained by a…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2024-04-24 Søren Toxvaerd

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

Since its first formulation in 1983, Milgromian dynamics (MOND) has been very successful in predicting the gravitational potential of galaxies from the distribution of baryons alone, including general scaling relations and detailed rotation…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-19 Fabian Lüghausen , Benoit Famaey , Pavel Kroupa

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

Milgrom has proposed that the appearance of discrepancies between the Newtonian dynamical mass and the directly observable mass in astronomical systems could be due to a breakdown of Newtonian dynamics in the limit of low accelerations…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 R. H. Sanders

We perform a stability test of triaxial models in MOdified Newtonian Dynamics (MOND) using N-body simulations. The triaxial models considered here have densities that vary with $r^{-1}$ in the center and $r^{-4}$ at large radii. The total…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2009-11-13 Xufen Wu , HongSheng Zhao , Yougang Wang , Claudio Llinares , Alexander Knebe

No more salient issue exists in contemporary astrophysics and cosmology than that of the elusive "dark matter". For many years already Milgrom's paradigm of modified Newtonian dynamics (MOND) has provided an alternative way to interpret…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Jacob D. Bekenstein

Modified Newtonian dynamics (MOND) is an empirical theory originally proposed to explain the rotation curves of spiral galaxies by modifying the gravitational acceleration, rather than by invoking dark matter. Here,we set constraints on…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-10-28 Fabio Iocco , Miguel Pato , Gianfranco Bertone