scholarly journals Do Modified Newtonian Dynamics Follow from the Cold Dark Matter Paradigm?

2002 ◽  
Vol 571 (2) ◽  
pp. L81-L83 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mordehai Milgrom
2011 ◽  
Vol 20 (14) ◽  
pp. 2887-2893 ◽  
Author(s):  
CHIU MAN HO ◽  
DJORDJE MINIC ◽  
Y. JACK NG

We propose a connection between global physics and local galactic dynamics via quantum gravity. The salient features of cold dark matter (CDM) and modified Newtonian dynamics (MOND) are combined into a unified scheme by introducing the concept of MONDian dark matter which behaves like CDM at cluster and cosmological scales but emulates MOND at the galactic scale.


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.


2008 ◽  
Vol 100 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ignacio Ferreras ◽  
Mairi Sakellariadou ◽  
Muhammad Furqaan Yusaf

2004 ◽  
Vol 220 ◽  
pp. 17-26 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anthony Aguirre

It has long been known that Newtonian dynamics applied to the visible matter in galaxies and clusters does not correctly describe the dynamics of those systems. While this is generally taken as evidence for dark matter it is in principle possible that instead Newtonian dynamics (and with it General Relativity) breaks down in these systems. Indeed there have been a number of proposals as to how standard gravitational dynamics might be modified so as to correctly explain galactic dynamics without dark matter. I will review this general idea (but focus on “MOdified Newtonian Dynamics”, or “MOND”), and discuss a number of ways alternatives to dark matter can be tested and, in many cases, ruled out.


1987 ◽  
Vol 117 ◽  
pp. 319-333
Author(s):  
Mordehai Milgrom ◽  
Jacob Bekenstein

The mass discrepancy, which has led to the notion of dark matter may, in fact, be due to a breakdown of the Newtonian laws which are used to determine the masses of galactic systems. We describe a nonrelativistic theory which departs from Newton's in the limit of small accelerations. When one uses the modified dynamics to deduce gravitational masses, the need to invoke large quantities of dark matter disappears. We outline the theory and give criteria for deciding which systems are expected to exhibit marked departures from Newtonian behaviour. The main body of the talk is a succinct description of the major predictions of the theory regarding dynamics within galaxies.


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