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In the present investigation flat rotational curves of the galaxies are considered under the framework of brane-world models where the 4d effective Einstein equation has extra terms which arise from the embedding of the 3-brane in the $5d$…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-07 F. Rahaman , M. Kalam , A. DeBenedictis , A. A. Usmani , Saibal Ray

The idea is considered that a classical non-Abelian gauge field can be considered as a dark matter candidate. It is shown that Yang-Mills equations have solutions with such distribution of the mass density that allows to describe a…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-12-16 Vladimir Dzhunushaliev

An impact model of gravity designed to emulate Newton's law of gravitation is applied to the radial acceleration of disk galaxies. Based on this model (Wilhelm et al. 2013), the rotation velocity curves can be understood without the need to…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2017-09-11 K. Wilhelm , B. N. Dwivedi

The current standard model of cosmology assumes that the majority of matter in the Universe is made of dark matter, and that the latter is fundamentally different from ordinary matter. Dark matter can in principle explain the rotation of…

Popular Physics · Physics 2026-01-13 Benoit Famaey , Jonathan Freundlich

It has been proposed that the flat rotation curves observed at large radii in disk galaxies can be interpreted as an effect of General Relativity (GR) instead of the presence of dark matter (DM) halos in Newtonian gravity. In Ciotti (2022)…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2024-11-07 Luca Ciotti

Recently, it has been suggested that the phenomenology of flat rotation curves observed at large radii in the equatorial plane of disk galaxies can be explained as a manifestation of General Relativity instead of the effect of Dark Matter…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2022-09-21 Luca Ciotti

The physical processes defining the dynamics of disk galaxies are still poorly understood. Hundreds of articles have appeared in the literature over the last decades without arriving at an understanding within a consistent gravitational…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-05-26 Klaus Wilhelm , Bhola N. Dwivedi

Various theories, such as MOND, MOG, Emergent Gravity and $f(R)$ theories avoid dark matter by assuming a change in General Relativity and/or in Newton's law. Galactic rotation curves are typically described well. Here the application to…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2021-07-28 Theodorus Maria Nieuwenhuizen

We consider the possibility of an alternative gravity theory explaining the dynamics of galactic systems without dark matter. From very general assumptions about the structure of a relativistic gravity theory we derive a general expression…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-10-22 Vadim V. Zhytnikov , James M. Nester

EGRET gamma-ray archival data used with GALPROP software show two ringlike structures in Milky Way Plane which roughly tally with distribution of stars ([1] & references therein). To understand fully the implications of this and similar…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-07-10 Dilip G. Banhatti

Many cosmological observations call for the existence of dark matter. The most direct evidence for dark matter is inferred from the measured flatness of galactic rotation curves. The latter is based on Newtonian gravity. Alternative…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2008-11-19 Aleksandar Rakic , Dominik J. Schwarz

The standard cold dark matter (CDM) model has recently been challenged by the claim that dwarf galaxies have dark matter halos with constant density cores. Consequently, numerous alternative dark matter candidates have recently been…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Frank C. van den Bosch , Rob A. Swaters

We use the galaxy rotation curves in the SPARC database to compare 9 different dark matter and modified gravity models on an equal footing, paying special attention to the stellar mass-to-light ratios. We compare three non-interacting dark…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2021-11-24 Nicolas Loizeau , Glennys R. Farrar

In this paper, we attempt to resolve the dark matter problem in f(T) gravity. Specifically, from our model we successfully obtain the flat rotation curves of galaxies containing dark matter. Further, we obtain the density profile of dark…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2012-09-29 Mubasher Jamil , D. Momeni , Ratbay Myrzakulov

In this work, we submit the explanation of spectra of the rotary curves of galaxies on the basis of a vector theory of gravitation without regard to the dark matter hypothesis. We study the approximation of rotary curves in case of existing…

General Physics · Physics 2011-05-10 V. N. Borodikhin

Models for DM are invoked with various density distributions, to account for flat rotation curves of galaxies. The effect of DE on these profiles for large galaxies and clusters are also studied. The rotation curves are shown to dip at a…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-10-25 C. Sivaram , Venkata Manohara Reddy. A

Astrophysical observations are pointing out huge amounts of dark matter and dark energy needed to explain the observed large scale structures and cosmic accelerating expansion. Up to now, no experimental evidence has been found, at…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 S. Capozziello , V. F. Cardone , A. Troisi

Observing the Universe, astronomers have concluded that the motion of stars can not be accounted for unless one assumes that most of the mass in the Universe is carried on by a ``dark matter", so far impervious to all attempts at being…

Exactly Solvable and Integrable Systems · Physics 2015-06-26 Boris A. Kupershmidt

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

The ubiquitous presence of dark matter in the universe is today a central tenet in modern cosmology and astrophysics. Ranging from the smallest galaxies to the observable universe, the evidence for dark matter is compelling in dwarfs,…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-03-16 Fabio Iocco , Miguel Pato , Gianfranco Bertone