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Magnetic effects have long been considered a possible factor in stabilizing the outer regions of active galactic nuclei (AGN) accretion disks against gravitational instability (GI). However, the computational demands of testing this…

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Modified Newtonian dynamics (MOND) is an empirically motivated modification of Newtonian gravity or inertia suggested by Milgrom as an alternative to cosmic dark matter. The basic idea is that at accelerations below a0 ~ 10^{-8} cm/s^2 ~…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Robert H. Sanders , Stacy S. McGaugh

We investigate the influence of Toomre's $Q$ parameter on the bar-forming dynamics of Maclaurin disk using $N$-body simulations. According to the Toomre's criterion, local velocity dispersion parametrized by $Q\geq 1$ is required to…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2024-03-11 T. Worrakitpoonpon

We derive the evolution equations describing a thin axisymmetric disk of gas and stars with an arbitrary rotation curve that is kept in a state of marginal gravitational instability and energy equilibrium due to the balance between energy…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-18 Mark R. Krumholz , Andreas Burkert

Scalar Tensor Vector Gravity(STVG) is one of modified gravity theories developed by John Moffat(2005). MOG is abbreviated name for this theory.It can explain a galactic rotation curve and the structure formation without dark matter. It can…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2012-02-21 Takayuki Suzuki

Modified gravity is one of the most promising candidates for explaining the current accelerating expansion of the Universe, and even its unification with the inflationary epoch. Nevertheless, the wide range of models capable to explain the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-06-03 Álvaro de la Cruz-Dombriz , Diego Sáez-Gómez

Modified Gravity (MOG) has been used successfully to explain the rotation curves of galaxies, the motion of galaxy clusters, the Bullet Cluster, and cosmological observations without the use of dark matter or Einstein's cosmological…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-04-04 J. W. Moffat , V. T. Toth

We consider the case of rotating black holes in a dark-matter-emulating theory of gravity called MOG. The latter introduces a gravitational vector field with an associated gravitational charge proportional to the black hole mass and a…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2018-12-14 Michael F. Wondrak , Piero Nicolini , John W. Moffat

The radial collapse of a homogeneous disk of collisionless particles can be solved analytically in Newtonian gravitation. To solve the problem in general relativity, however, requires the full machinery of numerical relativity. The collapse…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2010-11-01 Andrew M. Abrahams , Stuart L. Shapiro , Saul A. Teukolsky

To explain the accelerated expansion of our universe, many dark energy models and modified gravity theories have been proposed so far. It is argued in the literature that they are difficult to be distinguished on the cosmological scales.…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2016-10-25 Shoulong Li , Hao Wei

We explore the cosmological consequences of Modified Gravity (MOG), and find that it provides, using a minimal number of parameters, good fits to data, including CMB temperature anisotropy, galaxy power spectrum, and supernova…

Astrophysics · Physics 2012-01-05 J. W. Moffat , V. T. Toth

We study cosmological perturbations in the minimal theory of mass-varying massive gravity (MTMVMG), a constrained extension of mass-varying massive gravity that propagates only three physical degrees of freedom. We show that MTMVMG admits a…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-07-30 Ahmad Khoirul Falah , Andy Octavian Latief , Husin Alatas , Bobby Eka Gunara

We investigate the possibility of discriminating between Modified Newtonian Dynamics (MOND) and Newtonian gravity with dark matter, by studying the vertical dynamics of disk galaxies. We consider models with the same circular velocity in…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-06-23 Carlo Nipoti , Pasquale Londrillo , HongSheng Zhao , Luca Ciotti

The astrophysical consequences of the presence of a quintessence scalar field on the evolution of the horizon and on the accretion disk surrounding a static black hole, in the Scalar-Vector-Tensor version of Modified Gravity (MOG), are…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-09-15 Haidar Sheikhahmadi , Saheb Soroushfar , S. N. Sajadi , Tiberiu Harko

In the past few decades, various versions of modified gravity theories were proposed to mimic the effect of dark matter. Compared with the conventional Newtonian or relativistic dynamics, these theories contain some extra apparent force…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-02-01 Man Ho Chan , Chak Man Lee

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 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

We discuss a Modified Field Theory (MOFT) in which the number of fields can vary. It is shown that when the number of fields is conserved MOFT reduces to the standard field theory but interaction constants undergo an additional…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 A. A. Kirillov , D. Turaev

In this paper, we investigate the dynamic phenomenological signatures of a Schwarzschild-MOG black hole shadow perturbed by passing gravitational waves. By perturbing the Hamilton-Jacobi equation for photon null geodesics, we demonstrate…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-03-04 Nikko John Leo S. Lobos , Emmanuel T. Rodulfo

The standard Q criterion (with Q > 1) describes the local stability of a disc supported by rotation and random motion. Most astrophysical discs, however, are under the influence of an external gravitational field which can affect their…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2013-08-09 Chanda J. Jog