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General relativity and its Newtonian weak field limit are not sufficient to explain the observed phenomenology in the Universe, from the formation of large-scale structures to the dynamics of galaxies, with the only presence of baryonic…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2023-01-19 Valentina Cesare

The traditional "explanation" for the observed acceleration of the universe is the existence of a positive cosmological constant. However, this can hardly be a truly convincing explanation, as an expanding universe is not expected to have a…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-06-22 Joan Sola

Since the 1930s, astronomical observations have accumulated evidence that our understanding of the dynamics of galaxies and groups of galaxies is grossly incomplete: assuming the validity of Newton's law of gravity on astronomical scales,…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-18 Sascha Trippe

We summarize the status of Modified Newtonian Dynamics (MOND) in galaxy clusters. The observed acceleration is typically larger than the acceleration threshold of MOND in the central regions, implying that some dark matter is necessary to…

Astrophysics · Physics 2017-08-23 B. Famaey , G. W. Angus , G. Gentile , H. Y. Shan , H. S. Zhao

The observed dynamics of gas and stars on galactic and larger scales cannot be accounted for by self-gravity, indicating that there are large quantities of unseen matter, or that gravity is non-Newtonian in these regimes. Milgrom's MOdified…

Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-17 Anthony Aguirre , Joop Schaye , Eliot Quataert

Modified Newtonian Dynamics (MOND) is a gravitational framework designed to explain the astronomical observations in the Universe without the inclusion of particle dark matter. Modified Newtonian Dynamics, in its current form, cannot…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2017-02-15 Alistair Hodson , Hongsheng Zhao

The MOND paradigm posits a departure from standard Newtonian dynamics, and from General Relativity, in the limit of small accelerations. The resulting modified dynamics aim to account for the mass discrepancies in the universe without…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2011-12-09 Mordehai Milgrom

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

Without observational or theoretical modifications, Newtonian and general relativity seem to be unable to explain gravitational behavior of large structure of the universe. The assumption of dark matter solves this problem without modifying…

General Physics · Physics 2015-07-01 Stéphane Le Corre

The modified newtonian dynamics (MOND) paradigm of Milgrom can boast of a number of successful predictions regarding galactic dynamics; these are made without the assumption that dark matter plays a significant role. MOND requires…

Astrophysics · Physics 2014-10-13 Jacob D. Bekenstein

The contemporary cosmic expansion is considered in the context of Modified Friedmann Dynamics (MOFD). We discuss some relativistic model exploring analogy to MOND modification of Newtonian dynamics. We argue that MOFD cosmologies can…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-12-28 M. Szydlowski , W. Godlowski , J. Golbiak

The acceleration of the universe can be explained either through dark energy or through the modification of gravity on large scales. In this paper we investigate modified gravity models and compare their observable predictions with dark…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Edmund Bertschinger , Phillip Zukin

Explaining the effects of dark matter using modified gravitational dynamics (MOND) has for decades been both an intriguing and controversial possibility. By insisting that the gravitational interaction that accounts for the Newtonian force…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Arthur Lue , Glenn D. Starkman

After reviewing the modified Newtonian dynamics (MOND) proposal, we advocate that the associated phenomenology may actually not result from a modification of Newtonian gravity, but from a mechanism of "gravitational polarization" of some…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-07-09 Luc Blanchet , Alexandre Le Tiec

Galactic rotation curves are often considered the first robust evidence for the existence of dark matter. However, even in the presence of a dark matter halo, other galactic-scale observations, such as the Baryonic Tully-Fisher Relation and…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2019-10-23 Mariangela Lisanti , Matthew Moschella , Nadav Joseph Outmezguine , Oren Slone

Taking into account only luminous objects, the kinematics of clusters of galaxies, galaxies and their interior, require a much higher mass than the luminous one to explain the observations. This situation has provoked more than 30 years of…

General Physics · Physics 2008-01-28 Antonio Alfonso-Faus

Modified Newtonian dynamics (MOND) is an alternative theory of gravity that aims to explain large-scale dynamics without recourse to any form of dark matter. However the theory is incomplete, lacking a relativistic counterpart, and so makes…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Daniel J. Mortlock , Edwin L. Turner

The observed matter in the universe accounts for just 5 percent of the observed gravity. A possible explanation is that Newton's and Einstein's theories of gravity fail where gravity is either weak or enhanced. The modified theory of…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2014-11-20 Pedro G. Ferreira , Glenn Starkmann

Modified Newtonian Dynamics (MOND) is one of the most popular alternative theories of dark matter to explain the missing mass problem in galaxies. Although it remains controversial regarding MOND as a fundamental theory, MOND phenomenology…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2023-10-25 Man Ho Chan , Ka Chung Law

Gravitational potentials in the cosmos are deeper than expected from observed visible objects, a phenomenon usually attributed to dark matter, presumably in the form of a new fundamental particle. Until such a particle is observed, the jury…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2011-12-07 Scott Dodelson