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Does the galaxy NGC1052–DF2 falsify Milgromian dynamics?

Authors :
Indranil Banik
Xufen Wu
Oliver Müller
Pavel Kroupa
HongSheng Zhao
J. Dabringhausen
Behnam Javanmardi
Hosein Haghi
Akram Hasani Zonoozi
Atoms, Molecules, Lasers
LaserLaB - Physics of Light
Source :
Nature, 561(7722), E4-E5. Nature Publishing Group, Kroupa, P, Haghi, H, Javanmardi, B, Zonoozi, A H, Müller, O, Banik, I, Wu, X, Zhao, H & Dabringhausen, J 2018, ' Does the galaxy NGC1052–DF2 falsify Milgromian dynamics? ', Nature, vol. 561, no. 7722, pp. E4-E5 . https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-018-0429-z
Publication Year :
2018

Abstract

A great challenge in present-day physics is to understand whether the observed internal dynamics of galaxies is due to dark matter matter or due to a modification of the law of gravity. Recently, van Dokkum et al. reported that the ultra-diffuse dwarf galaxy NGC1052-DF2 lacks dark matter, and they claimed that this would -- paradoxically -- be problematic for modified gravity theories like Milgromian dynamics (MOND). However, NGC1052-DF2 is not isolated, so that a valid prediction of its internal dynamics in MOND cannot be made without properly accounting for the external gravitational fields from neighbouring galaxies. Including this external field effect following Haghi et al. shows that NGC1052-DF2 is consistent with MOND.<br />15 pages, including supplementary information (the external field formulae), published by Nature: https://rdcu.be/6uZn

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
00280836
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Nature, 561(7722), E4-E5. Nature Publishing Group, Kroupa, P, Haghi, H, Javanmardi, B, Zonoozi, A H, Müller, O, Banik, I, Wu, X, Zhao, H & Dabringhausen, J 2018, ' Does the galaxy NGC1052–DF2 falsify Milgromian dynamics? ', Nature, vol. 561, no. 7722, pp. E4-E5 . https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-018-0429-z
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....b907a5d99c0be86b0e22d84ef43d69d4
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-018-0429-z