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Recently $f(T)$ theories based on modifications of teleparallel gravity where torsion is the geometric object describing gravity instead of curvature have been proposed to explain the present cosmic accelerating expansion. The field…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2011-11-10 Rong-Jia Yang

Analyzing high-resolution longitude-velocity (LV) diagrams of the Galactic Center observed with the Nobeyama 45-m telescope in the CO and CS line emissions, we obtain a central rotation curve of the Milky Way. We combine it with the data…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-16 Yoshiaki Sofue

We study $f(R,T)$ gravity, in which the curvature $R$ appearing in the gravitational Lagrangian is replaced by an arbitrary function of the curvature and the trace $T$ of the stress-energy tensor. We focus primarily on situations where $f$…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2019-10-02 Sarah B. Fisher , Eric D. Carlson

In this article, we explore the comprehensive narrative of cosmic evolution within a cosmological framework by utilizing a novel form of gravity known as generalized symmetric teleparallel gravity, denoted as $f(Q,T)$ gravity. Here, $Q$…

General Physics · Physics 2024-09-10 Surajit Das , Sanjay Mandal

In this review we consider various ring structures that are observed in galaxies. Formation and evolution of the rings are interesting problems in studies of galactic morphology. They are related to such fundamental aspects of galactic…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-13 A. V. Moiseev , D. V. Bizyaev

We study how stellar rotation curves (RCs) of galaxies are correlated on average with morphology and stellar mass ($M_\mathrm{star}$) using the final release of Sloan Digital Sky Survey IV MaNGA data. We use the visually assigned $T$-types…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2021-12-15 Yongmin Yoon , Changbom Park , Haeun Chung , Kai Zhang

Galaxy rotation curves exhibit systematic deviations from the Newtonian expectation inferred from visible matter alone. Existing phenomenological descriptions capture many aspects of these deviations, but a common residual structure across…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2026-05-27 Hosik Lee

The $f(T)$ gravity is one of the extensions of teleparallel equivalent of general relativity, in which more general functions of the torsion scalar $T$ can be described. With the proposed functional form of $f(T) = \alpha T - \beta u^{-n} +…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-04-14 Suraj Kumar Behera , S. A. Kadam , Pratik P. Ray , B. Mishra

In this article we try to present spherically symmetric isotropic strange star model under the framework of $f(R,\mathcal{T})$ theory of gravity. To this end, we consider that the Lagrangian density is an arbitrary linear function of the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2018-04-23 Debabrata Deb , Farook Rahaman , Saibal Ray , B. K. Guha

I briefly review early and recent progress concerning the dynamical properties of bulges. I also show results from a study on the kinematics of bulges and disks in edge-on galaxies, where the bulge rotation curve is obtained with little…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-03-17 Dimitri A. Gadotti

Galactic rotation curves exhibit diverse behavior in the inner regions, while obeying an organizing principle, i.e., they can be approximately described by a radial acceleration relation or the Modified Newtonian Dynamics phenomenology. We…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2019-08-14 Tao Ren , Anna Kwa , Manoj Kaplinghat , Hai-Bo Yu

This paper outlines an exact analytic model for self-gravitating thin disc galaxies with flat rotation curves. It is shown that thin discs of matter alone can support perfectly flat rotation curves under Newtonian gravity, without needing…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2013-07-24 Niall Ryan

Dark matter, a conjectured substance not directly observable but which has tremendous mass, was proposed to explain why galaxies hold together and rotate faster at their edges than predicted by Newton's Inverse Square (1/r2) Law of Gravity.…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2013-05-30 Martin Wen-Yu Lo

This paper investigates the potential of Machian Gravity (MG), a five-dimensional theory of gravity, to explain the acceleration law governing rotationally bound systems, in particular spiral galaxies. MG was proposed as a framework capable…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2026-01-08 Santanu Das

In the framework of $f(T)$ gravity, we focus on a weak-field and spherically symmetric solution for the Lagrangian $f(T)=T+\alpha T^{2}$, where $\alpha$ is a small constant which parameterizes the departure from General Relativity. In…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2016-05-16 Matteo Luca Ruggiero

We investigate the stability of motion and the thermodynamics in the case of spherically symmetric solutions in $f(T)$ gravity using the perturbative approach. We consider small deviations from general relativity and we extract charged…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2022-05-18 G. G. L. Nashed , Emmanuel N. Saridakis

Recently, as a generalization of general relativity, a gravity theory has been proposed in which gravitational field equations are described by the Cotton tensor. That theory allows an additional contribution to the gravitational potential…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2022-10-03 Junpei Harada

We derive a simple, closed form expression for the potential of a thin exponential disk of stars interacting through gravitational potentials of the form $V(r)=-\beta /r+\gamma r/2$, the potential associated with fundamental sources in the…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-10-22 Philip D. Mannheim

This article presents cosmological models that arise in a subclass of $f(R,T)=f(R)+f(T)$ gravity models, with different $f(R)$ functions and fixed $T$-dependence. That is, the gravitational lagrangian is considered as $f(R,T)=f(R)+\lambda…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2018-09-18 P. K. Sahoo , P. H. R. S. Moraes , Parbati Sahoo , Binaya K. Bishi

The circular velocities of the inner region of disk galaxies are predicted by standard physics but velocities beyond the stellar disks are not consistent with Newtonian physics if the material there is in stable circular orbits. However,…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2023-09-19 Earl Schulz