Can General Relativity play a role in galactic dynamics?
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
2023-05-26 v2 Astrophysics of Galaxies
Abstract
We use the gravitoelectromagnetic approach to the solutions of Einstein's equations in the weak-field and slow-motion approximation to investigate the impact of General Relativity on galactic dynamics. In particular, we focus on a class of the solutions for the gravitomagnetic field, and show that, contrary to what is expected, they may introduce non negligible corrections to the Newtonian velocity profile. These are the homogeneous solutions (HS) for the gravitomagnetic field, i.e. solutions with vanishing matter currents. We show how recent results about galactic dynamics are connected to this class of solutions.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2211.11815,
title = {Can General Relativity play a role in galactic dynamics?},
author = {Davide Astesiano and Matteo Luca Ruggiero},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2211.11815},
year = {2023}
}
Comments
7 pages, 2 figures, accepted for publication as a Letter in Physical Review D; minor clarifications added