Testing two alternative theories to dark matter with the milky way dynamics

DOI10.1007/S10714-014-1849-1zbMATH Open1329.83173arXiv1501.01008OpenAlexW3102484970MaRDI QIDQ902445FDOQ902445

Authors: Paulo L. C. De Oliveira, José A. De Freitas Pacheco, Gilbert Reinisch 

Publication date: 18 January 2016

Published in: General Relativity and Gravitation (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Two alternative theories to dark matter are investigated by testing their ability to describe consistently the dynamics of the Milky Way. The first one refers to a modified gravity theory having a running gravitational constant and the second assumes that dark matter halos are constituted by a Bose-Einstein condensation. The parameters of each model as well as those characterizing the stellar subsystems of the Galaxy were estimated by fitting the rotation curve of the Milky Way. Then, using these parameters, the vertical acceleration profile at the solar position was computed and compared with observations. The modified gravity theory overestimates the vertical acceleration derived from stellar kinematics while predictions of the Bose-Einstein condensation halo model are barely consistent with observations. However, a dark matter halo based on a collisionless fluid satisfies our consistency test, being the best model able to describe equally well the rotation curve and the vertical acceleration of the Galaxy.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1501.01008

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zbMATH Keywords

modified gravitydark matterBose-Einstein condensation (BEC)BEC halosmilky way

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Quantum field theory on curved space or space-time backgrounds (81T20) Macroscopic interaction of the gravitational field with matter (hydrodynamics, etc.) (83C55) Relativistic gravitational theories other than Einstein's, including asymmetric field theories (83D05) Astrophysical cosmology (85A40)

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