scholarly journals Newtonian and modified newtonian gravitational simulation of spiral galaxies

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (21) ◽  
pp. 20-27
Author(s):  
Bushra A. Ahmed

One of the most powerful tools for any stellar dynamics is the N-body simulation. In an N-body simulation the motion of N particles is followed under their mutual gravitational attraction. In this paper the gravitational N-body simulation is described to investigate Newtonian and non- Newtonian (modified Newtonian dynamics) interaction between the stars of spiral galaxies. It is shown that standard Newtonian interaction requires dark matter to produce the flat rotational curves of the systems under consideration, while modified Newtonian dynamics (MOND) theorem provides a flat rotational curve and gives a good agreement with the observed rotation curve; MOND was tested as an alternative to the dark matter hypothesis. So that MOND hypothesis has generated better rotation curves than Newtonian theorem.

2019 ◽  
Vol 488 (1) ◽  
pp. L41-L46 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yong Tian (田雍) ◽  
Chung-Ming Ko (高仲明)

ABSTRACT Recently, from the new Spitzer Photometry and Accurate Rotation Curves data, McGaugh, Lelli & Schombert reported a tight radial acceleration relation between the observed total acceleration and the acceleration produced by baryons in spiral galaxies. The relation can be fitted by different functions. However, these functions can be discerned if we express the data in the form of a halo acceleration relation. The data reveals a maximum in the halo acceleration. We examined the NFW (cusp) and Burkert (core) profiles in the context of dark matter and different parameter families of the interpolating function in the framework of modified Newtonian dynamics.


2015 ◽  
Vol 24 (05) ◽  
pp. 1550036 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. Guiot

The purpose of this work is to investigate an alternative to modified Newtonian dynamics (MOND), in order to explain the rotation curve of galaxies without dark matter hypothesis, and with respect for classical physics. Our hypothesis is that the force of gravitation, in the case of large distances and under certain conditions, possesses a tangential component. We show that the force of gravitation we obtain is compatible with observational data, such as "flat" curve of rotation and the conic trajectories of the stars.


2004 ◽  
Vol 220 ◽  
pp. 311-312
Author(s):  
Gianfranco Gentile ◽  
Uli Klein ◽  
Paolo Salucci ◽  
Daniela Vergani

We use photometric, Hα and Hi data to investigate the distribution of dark matter in spiral galaxies. A new technique for deriving the Hi rotation curve is presented. the final combined Hα+Hi rotation curves are symmetric, well resolved and extend to large radii. We perform the rotation curve decomposition into the luminous and dark matter contributions. the observations are confronted with different models of the dark matter distribution, including core-dominated and cusp-dominated halos as well as less conventional possibilities. the best agreement with the observations is found for the core-dominated halos.


1983 ◽  
Vol 100 ◽  
pp. 69-76
Author(s):  
P. C. van der Kruit ◽  
G. S. Shostak

Most studies of the mass distribution in spiral galaxies have been based on the observed rotation curves. A serious ambiguity in this approach has always been that the rotation curve contains in itself no information on the mass distribution in the direction perpendicular to the galactic plane. The usual assumption has been that the mass in late type galaxies is distributed as the light, namely outside the central bulge in a highly flattened disk. In recent years it has been found that the rotation curves decline little or not at all, indicating large increases in the local value of M/L with increasing galactocentric radius (e.g. Bosma and van der Kruit, 1979). On the basis of dynamical arguments involving stability it has been suspected that the material giving rise to the large values of M/L - the “dark matter” - is distributed in the halos of these galaxies, so that the assumption of a flat mass distribution would have to be wrong.


Author(s):  
Nirod K. Das

A unified electro-gravity (UEG) theory, which has been successfully used for modeling an elementary particle, is applied in this paper to model gravitation in spiral galaxies. The new UEG model would explain the “flat rotation curves” commonly observed in the spiral galaxies, without need for any hypothetical dark matter. The UEG theory is implemented in a somewhat different manner for a spiral galaxy, as compared to the simple application of the UEG theory to an elementary particle. This is because the spiral galaxy, unlike the elementary particle, is not spherically symmetric. The UEG constant $\gamma$, required in the new model to support the galaxies' flat rotation speeds, is estimated using measured data from a galaxy survey, as well as for a selected galaxy for illustration. The estimates are compared with the $\gamma$ derived from the UEG model of an elementary particle. The UEG model for the galaxy is shown to explain the empirical Tully-Fisher Relationship (TFR), is consistent with the Modified Newtonian Dynamics (MOND), and is also independently supported by measured trends of galaxy thickness with surface brightness and rotation speed.


2007 ◽  
Vol 04 (01) ◽  
pp. 183-196 ◽  
Author(s):  
ANDRZEJ BOROWIEC ◽  
WŁODZIMIERZ GODŁOWSKI ◽  
MAREK SZYDŁOWSKI

We explain the effect of dark matter (flat rotation curve) using modified gravitational dynamics. We investigate in this context a low energy limit of generalized general relativity with a nonlinear Lagrangian [Formula: see text], where R is the (generalized) Ricci scalar and n is parameter estimated from SNIa data. We estimate parameter β in modified gravitational potential [Formula: see text]. Then we compare value of β obtained from SNIa data with β parameter evaluated from the best fitted rotation curve. We find β ≃ 0.7 which becomes in good agreement with an observation of spiral galaxies rotation curve. We also find preferred value of Ωm,0 from the combined analysis of supernovae data and baryon oscillation peak. We argue that although amount of "dark energy" (of non-substantial origin) is consistent with SNIa data and flat curves of spiral galaxies are reproduces in the framework of modified Einstein's equation we still need substantial dark matter. For comparison predictions of the model with predictions of the ΛCDM concordance model we apply the Akaike and Bayesian information criteria of model selection.


2020 ◽  
Vol 496 (2) ◽  
pp. 1077-1091
Author(s):  
Jonas Petersen ◽  
Mads T Frandsen

ABSTRACT Dark matter (DM) and modified Newtonian dynamics (MOND) models of rotationally supported galaxies lead to curves with different geometries in (gN, gtot)-space (g2-space). Here, gtot is the total acceleration and gN is the acceleration as obtained from the baryonic matter via Newtonian dynamics. In MOND modified inertia (MI) models, the curves in g2-space are closed with zero area and so curve segments at radii r ≥ rN (large radii) and r < rN (small radii) coincide, where rN is the radius where gN is greatest. In DM models with cored density profiles where gtot is also zero at the Galactic Centre, the curves are again closed, but the area of the closed curves are in general non-zero because the curve segments at radii r ≥ rN and r < rN do not coincide. Finally in DM models with cuspy density profiles such as the NFW profile where gtot is formally non-zero at the galactic origin the curves are open, and again the curve segments at radii r ≥ rN and r < rN do not coincide. We develop a test of whether data at small and large radii coincide and investigate rotation curves from the SPARC data base in order to discriminate between the above geometries. Due to loosely quantified systematic uncertainties, we do not underline the result of the test, but instead conclude that the test illustrates the relevance of this type of analysis and demonstrate the ability to discriminate between the considered DM and MI models in this way.


2009 ◽  
Vol 2009 ◽  
pp. 1-9 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. H. Sanders

The only viable alternative to dark matter is one in which Newtonian dynamics or gravity breaks down in the limit of low accelerations, as in modified Newtonian dynamics (MONDs). This hypothesis, suggested by Milgrom, has been successful in explaining systematic properties of spiral and elliptical galaxies and predicting in detail the observed rotation curves of spiral galaxies with only one additional parameter—a critical acceleration which is on the order of the cosmologically interesting value of . MOND may be viewed as an algorithm for calculating the distribution of force in an astronomical object from the observed distribution of baryonic matter. The fact that it works very well on the scale of galaxies is problematic for cold dark matter (CDM). Here I present evidence in favor of this assertion and claim that this is, in effect, a falsification of CDM on the scale of galaxies.


2003 ◽  
Vol 18 (27) ◽  
pp. 1861-1875 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. H. Sanders

Milgrom has proposed that the appearance of discrepancies between the Newtonian dynamical mass and the directly observable mass in astronomical systems could be due to a breakdown of Newtonian dynamics in the limit of low accelerations rather than the presence of unseen matter. Milgrom's hypothesis, modified Newtonian dynamics or MOND, has been remarkably successful in explaining systematic properties of spiral and elliptical galaxies and predicting in detail the observed rotation curves of spiral galaxies with only one additional parameter — a critical acceleration which is on the order of the cosmologically interesting value of cH0. Here we review the empirical successes of this idea and discuss its possible extension to cosmology and structure formation.


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