期刊
MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
卷 501, 期 1, 页码 254-260出版社
OXFORD UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/staa3653
关键词
galaxies: dwarf; dark matter; cosmology: theory
资金
- Ministerio Ciencia [PGC2018-098866-B-I00]
The discovery of 19 dwarf galaxies without dark matter supports the ΛCDM cosmological model and prompts exploration of modifications to gravity models to accommodate their existence. The findings suggest the need for additional contributions to the Virial theorem from modifications of gravity in the presence of galaxies devoid of dark matter.
The discovery of 19 dwarf galaxies without dark matter (DM) provides, counterintuitively, strong support for the Lambda CDM standard model of cosmology. Their presence is well accommodated in a scenario where the DM is in the form of cold dark particles. However, it is interesting to explore quantitatively what is needed from modified gravity models to accommodate the presence of these galaxies and what extra degree of freedom is needed in these models. To this end, we derive the dynamics at galaxy scales (Virial theorem) for a general class of modified gravity models. We distinguish between theories that satisfy the Jebsen-Birkhoff theorem, and those that do not. Our aim is to develop tests that can distinguish whether DM is part of the theory of gravity or a particle. The 19 dwarf galaxies discovered provide us with a stringent test for models of modified gravity. Our main finding is that there will always be an extra contribution to the Virial theorem coming from the modification of gravity, even if a certain galaxy shows very small, if not negligible, trace of DM, as has been reported recently. Thus, if these and more galaxies are confirmed as devoid (or negligible) of DM, while other similar galaxies have abundant DM, it seems interesting to find modifications of gravity to describe DM. Our result can be used by future astronomical surveys to put constraints on the parameters of modified gravity models at astrophysical scales where DM is described as such.
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