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dc.contributor.authorHodson, Alistair O.
dc.contributor.authorZhao, Hongsheng
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-20T11:30:12Z
dc.date.available2017-01-20T11:30:12Z
dc.date.issued2017-02-13
dc.identifier248972368
dc.identifier12acb3fe-bb13-4bce-a78d-4e89f2290212
dc.identifier85012993345
dc.identifier000394465000126
dc.identifier.citationHodson , A O & Zhao , H 2017 , ' Generalizing MOND to explain the missing mass in galaxy clusters ' , Astronomy & Astrophysics , vol. 598 , A127 . https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201629358en
dc.identifier.issn0004-6361
dc.identifier.otherArXiv: http://arxiv.org/abs/1701.03369v1
dc.identifier.otherArXiv: http://arxiv.org/abs/1701.03369v1
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10023/10135
dc.descriptionAOH is supported by Science and Technologies Funding Council (STFC) studentship (Grant code: 1-APAA-STFC12).en
dc.description.abstractContext. MOdified Newtonian Dynamics (MOND) is a gravitational framework designed to explain the astronomical observations in the Universe without the inclusion of particle dark matter. Modified Newtonian Dynamics, in its current form, cannot explain the missing mass in galaxy clusters without the inclusion of some extra mass, be it in the form of neutrinos or non-luminous baryonic matter. We investigate whether the MOND framework can be generalized to account for the missing mass in galaxy clusters by boosting gravity in high gravitational potential regions. We examine and review Extended MOND (EMOND), which was designed to increase the MOND scale acceleration in high potential regions, thereby boosting the gravity in clusters. Aims. We seek to investigate galaxy cluster mass profiles in the context of MOND with the primary aim at explaining the missing mass problem fully without the need for dark matter. Methods. Using the assumption that the clusters are in hydrostatic equilibrium, we can compute the dynamical mass of each cluster and compare the result to the predicted mass of the EMOND formalism. Results. We find that EMOND has some success in fitting some clusters, but overall has issues when trying to explain the mass deficit fully. We also investigate an empirical relation to solve the cluster problem, which is found by analysing the cluster data and is based on the MOND paradigm. We discuss the limitations in the text.
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dc.format.extent1118312
dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.ispartofAstronomy & Astrophysicsen
dc.subjectGravitationen
dc.subjectGalaxies: clusters: generalen
dc.subjectQB Astronomyen
dc.subjectQC Physicsen
dc.subject3rd-DASen
dc.subject.lccQBen
dc.subject.lccQCen
dc.titleGeneralizing MOND to explain the missing mass in galaxy clustersen
dc.typeJournal articleen
dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of St Andrews. School of Physics and Astronomyen
dc.identifier.doi10.1051/0004-6361/201629358
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden


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