Statistical analysis of the gravitational anomaly in \it Gaia wide binaries

2023/09/20 by X. Hernández, V. Verteletskyi, Hernandez, X. +5 · 2 citations
Earth and Planetary Sciences · Mathematics · Physics and Astronomy · #Astronomy and Astrophysical Research #Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA) #FOS: Physical sciences #Geophysics and Gravity Measurements #Statistical and numerical algorithms

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.2309.10995

openalex publication_date 2023/09/20 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28

Abstract

The exploration of the low acceleration a0.01pc region however, we obtain γ=1.5 ± 0.2, inconsistent with the Newtonian value of γ=1 at a 2.6 σ level, and much more indicative of MOND AQUAL predictions of close to γ=1.4.

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