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dc.contributor.authorBanik, Indranil
dc.contributor.authorZhao, Hongsheng
dc.date.accessioned2017-09-12T16:30:12Z
dc.date.available2017-09-12T16:30:12Z
dc.date.issued2018-01
dc.identifier.citationBanik , I & Zhao , H 2018 , ' The escape velocity curve of the Milky Way in Modified Newtonian dynamics ' , Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society , vol. 473 , no. 1 , pp. 419-430 . https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stx2350en
dc.identifier.issn1365-2966
dc.identifier.otherPURE: 251032478
dc.identifier.otherPURE UUID: 247dfbcb-39d1-4708-a227-d31a8f055a09
dc.identifier.otherScopus: 85041103516
dc.identifier.otherORCID: /0000-0002-4123-7325/work/36661755
dc.identifier.otherWOS: 000415653600035
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10023/11648
dc.descriptionIB is supported by Science and Technology Facilities Council studentship 1506672.en
dc.description.abstractWe determine the escape velocity from the Milky Way (MW) at a range of Galactocentric radii in the context of Modified Newtonian Dynamics (MOND). Due to its non-linear nature, escape is possible if the MW is considered embedded in a constant external gravitational field (EF) from distant objects. We model this situation using a fully self-consistent method based on a direct solution of the governing equations out to several thousand disk scale lengths. We try out a range of EF strengths and mass models for the MW in an attempt to match the escape velocity measurements of Williams et al. (2017). A reasonable match is found if the EF on the MW is ∼0.03a0, towards the higher end of the range considered. Our models include a hot gas corona surrounding the MW, but our results suggest that this should have a very low mass of ∼2 × 1010M⊙ to avoid pushing the escape velocity too high. Our analysis favours a slightly lower baryonic disk mass than the ∼7 × 1010M⊙ required to explain its rotation curve in MOND. However, given the uncertainties, MOND is consistent with both the locally measured amplitude of the MW rotation curve and its escape velocity over Galactocentric distances of 8−50 kpc.
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dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.ispartofMonthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Societyen
dc.rights© 2017, the Authors. This work has been made available online in accordance with the publisher’s policies. This is the author created, accepted version manuscript following peer review and may differ slightly from the final published version. The final published version of this work is available at academic.oup.com / https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stx2350en
dc.subjectGalaxies: groups: individual: Local Groupen
dc.subjectGalaxy: kinematics and dynamicsen
dc.subjectDark Matteren
dc.subjectMethods: numericalen
dc.subjectMethods: data analysisen
dc.subjectCosmology: cosmological parametersen
dc.subjectQB Astronomyen
dc.subjectQC Physicsen
dc.subjectAstronomy and Astrophysicsen
dc.subjectNDASen
dc.subject.lccQBen
dc.subject.lccQCen
dc.titleThe escape velocity curve of the Milky Way in Modified Newtonian dynamicsen
dc.typeJournal articleen
dc.description.versionPostprinten
dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of St Andrews. School of Physics and Astronomyen
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stx2350
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden
dc.identifier.urlhttps://arxiv.org/abs/1708.03771en
dc.identifier.urlhttps://academic.oup.com/mnras/article/473/1/419/4111174?guestAccessKey=94a4893e-4bbc-4157-8930-2815735b1692en


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