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Scalar-Tensor-Vector Gravity (STVG), also referred as MOdified Gravity (MOG), is an alternative theory of the gravitational interaction. Its weak field approximation has been successfully used to described Solar System observations, galaxy…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2017-02-02 Federico G. Lopez Armengol , Gustavo E. Romero

Our modified gravity theory (MOG) is a gravitational theory without exotic dark matter, based on an action principle. MOG has been used successfully to model astrophysical phenomena such as galaxy rotation curves, galaxy cluster masses, and…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2013-06-25 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

As an alternative to the LCDM concordance model, Scalar-Tensor-Vector Modified Gravity (MOG) theory reproduces key cosmological observations without postulating the presence of an exotic dark matter component. MOG is a field theory based on…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-03-17 Viktor T. Toth

We consider the cosmological consequences of a special scalar-tensor-vector theory of gravity, known as MOG (for MOdified Gravity), proposed to address the dark matter problem. This theory introduces two scalar fields $G(x)$ and $\mu(x)$,…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2018-02-14 Sara Jamali , Mahmood Roshan , Luca Amendola

We study the strong gravitational lensing effect around rotating black holes in different gravity theories. By calculating the deflection angle of strong gravitational lensing, we evaluate the lensing observables including the image…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2022-09-20 Xiao-Mei Kuang , Zi-Yu Tang , Bin Wang , Anzhong Wang

We study the dynamics and relativistic precessions of massive particles on spherical orbits around Kerr-MOG black holes in scalar-tensor-vector gravity (STVG). By employing the Hamilton-Jacobi formalism, we derive conserved quantities and…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-07-18 Hui-Min Wang

As an alternative to dark matter models, MOdified Gravity (MOG) theory can compensate for dark matter by a covariant modification of Einstein gravity. The theory introduces two additional scalar fields and one vector field. The aim is to…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-16 J. W. Moffat , S. Rahvar

Modified gravity theories such as Modified Newtonian Dynamics (MOND) and Scalar-Tensor-Vector Gravity (STVG) have been proposed as alternatives to dark matter, but decisive tests have been hindered by degeneracies between baryonic structure…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2026-05-12 Zheng-long Wang , Yue-Lin Sming Tsai , Lan Zhang , Yin Wu , Haining Li , Xiang-Xiang Xue , Hongsheng Zhao , Yi-Zhong Fan

In this paper, we have investigated one of the alternative theories to dark matter named MOdified Gravity (MOG) by testing its ability to describe the local dynamics of the Milky Way in vertical and transverse directions with the baryonic…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-06-15 Zahra Davari , Sohrab Rahvar

Galaxy rotation curves determined observationally out to a radius well beyond the galaxy cores can provide a critical test of modified gravity models without dark matter. The predicted rotational velocity curve obtained from…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-03-05 J. W. Moffat , V. T. Toth

The scalar-tensor-vector gravity (STVG) theory has attracted significant interest due to its ability to effectively address the issue of galaxy rotation curves and clusters of galaxies without considering the influence of dark matter. In…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-09-04 Wentao Liu , Di Wu , Xiongjun Fang , Jiliang Jing , Jieci Wang

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

Scalar Tensor Vector Gravity(STVG) is a fully covariant Lorentz invariant alternative theory of gravity also called as MOdified Gravity(MOG) which modifies General Relativity(GR) with dynamical massive vector field and scalar fields. In…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2022-04-13 Sreekanth Harikumar , Marek Biesiada

A covariant modified gravity (MOG) is formulated by adding to general relativity two new degrees of freedom, a scalar field gravitational coupling strength $G= 1/\chi$ and a gravitational spin 1 vector field $\phi_\mu$. The $G$ is written…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2021-02-17 J. W. Moffat

Astrophysical data analysis of the weak-field predictions support the claim that modified gravity (MOG) theories provide a self-consistent, scale-invariant, universal description of galaxy rotation curves, without the need of non-baryonic…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2009-08-09 J. R. Brownstein

MOdified Gravity (MOG) is a covariant modification of Einstein's general relativity. This theory is one of the current alternatives to dark matter models. We describe dynamics of collisionless self-gravitating systems in the context of MOG.…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2014-09-24 Mahmood Roshan , Shahram Abbassi

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…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-03-17 J. W. Moffat

The evolution of disk galaxies in modified gravity is studied by using high-resolution N-body simulations. More specifically, we use the weak field limit of two modified gravity theories, i.e., nonlocal gravity (NLG) and…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-05-28 Neda Ghafourian , Mahmood Roshan , Shahram Abbassi

We present calculations for the anticipated shadow sizes of Sgr A* and the supermassive black hole in the galaxy M87 in the context of the MOG modified theory of gravity (also known as Scalar-Tensor-Vector-Gravity, or STVG). We demonstrate…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2020-01-23 J. W. Moffat , V. T. Toth
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