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We consider a self-gravitating collisionless gas where the gravitational interaction is modeled according to MOND (modified Newtonian dynamics). For the resulting modified Vlasov-Poisson system we establish the existence of spherically…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2013-12-17 Gerhard Rein

Globular clusters (GCs) in the Milky Way have characteristic velocity dispersions that are consistent with the predictions of Newtonian gravity, and may be at odds with Modified Newtonian Dynamics (MOND). We discuss a modified gravity (MOG)…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-06-14 J. W. Moffat , V. T. Toth

The Radial Acceleration Relation (RAR) shows a strong correlation between two accelerations associated to galaxy rotation curves. The relation between these accelerations is given by a nonlinear function which depends on an acceleration…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-05-12 Valerio Marra , Davi C. Rodrigues , Álefe O. F. de Almeida

Modified Newtonian Dynamics (MOND) at low acceleration has been astonishingly powerful at explaining the flat rotation curve of galaxies and the relation between the baryonic content of the galaxies and their observed circular velocity,…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2021-06-30 Mohammadtaher Safarzadeh , Abraham Loeb

MOND has limelighted the fact that Newtonian dynamics (ND) and general relativity (GR) have not been verified at accelerations below MOND's $a_0$. In particular, we do not know that all the principles underlying ND or GR apply below $a_0$.…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2019-10-22 Mordehai Milgrom

We propose an alternative to particle dark matter that borrows ingredients of MOdified Newtonian Dynamics (MOND) while adding new key components. The first new feature is a dark matter fluid, in the form of a scalar field with small…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-06-22 Justin Khoury

Dark matter has been a long-standing and important issue in physics, but direct evidence of its existence is lacking. This work aims to elucidate the mystery and show that the dark matter hypothesis is unnecessary. We can nicely reproduce…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2023-03-07 Jau Tang , Qiang Tang

This first of two papers is a speculation on the nature of Mach's Principle, derived from the formulation of two questions: (A) Can a globally inertial space and time be associated with a non-trivial global matter distribution? (B) If so,…

Astrophysics · Physics 2016-08-30 D F Roscoe

The determination of the velocities, accelerations and the gravitational field intensity at a given location in a galaxy could potentially be achieved in an unexpected manner with the environment of the observer, for instance, the local…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2022-06-22 G. Pascoli

We review galaxy formation and dynamics under the MOND hypothesis of modified gravity, and compare to similar galaxies in Newtonian dynamics with dark matter. The aim is to find peculiar predictions both to discriminate between various…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-14 F. Combes , O. Tiret

Detailed knowledge of the different classes of stellar orbits that can be accommodated in a given galactic potential is a prerequisite when building self-consistent models using for instance the Schwazschild technique. Furthermore,…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2023-02-24 Claudio Llinares

A modified gravitational theory explains early universe and late time cosmology, galaxy and galaxy cluster dynamics. The modified gravity (MOG) theory extends general relativity (GR) by three extra degrees of freedom: a scalar field $G$,…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2020-10-30 J. W. Moffat

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

The discrepancies between recently reported experimental values of the gravitational constant were analysed within an inertia interpretation of MOND theory. According to this scenario the relative gravitational acceleration between a test…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2016-10-31 Norbert Klein

We model the velocity dispersion of the ultra-diffuse galaxy NGC 1052-DF2 using Newtonian gravity and modified gravity (MOG). The velocity dispersion predicted by MOG is higher than the Newtonian gravity prediction, but it is fully…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2018-11-08 J. W. Moffat , V. T. Toth

In a series of papers we study the stellar dynamics of the grand design barred-spiral galaxy NGC~1300. In the first paper of this series we estimate the gravitational potential and we give it in a form suitable to be used in dynamical…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-19 C. Kalapotharakos , P. A. Patsis , P. Grosbol

I present an alternative explanation of flat rotational curves of galaxies that does not require dark matter but rather relies on classical Newtonian dynamics and an overlooked effect of quantum tunneling. I introduce a rotational drag…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2010-09-08 Max I. Fomitchev

In this paper we study the kinetic theory of many-particle astrophysical systems imposing axial symmetry and extending our previous analysis in Phys. Rev. D 83, 123007 (2011). Starting from a Newtonian model describing a collisionless…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2012-08-23 J. Ramos-Caro , C. A. Agón , J. F. Pedraza

We calculate the structure of a wake generated by, and the dynamical friction force on, a gravitational perturber travelling through a gaseous medium of uniform density and constant background acceleration g_ext, in the context of Modified…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 F. J. Sanchez-Salcedo

Einstein gravity coupled to a massive skew symmetric field F_{\mu\nu\lambda} leads to an acceleration law that modifies the Newtonian law of attraction between particles. We use a framework of non-perturbative renormalization group…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 J. W. Moffat