A Simple Model for Explaining Galaxy Rotation Curves

2018/04/25 by Aneta Wojnar, Ciprian A. Sporea, Andrzej Borowiec
Engineering · Physics and Astronomy · #Astronomy and Astrophysical Research #Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena #Galaxy #Galaxy rotation curve #Irregular galaxy #Lenticular galaxy #Rotation (mathematics) #Simple (philosophy) #Space Technology and Applications #Spiral (railway) #Spiral galaxy #gr-qc

paper · pdf · doi:10.3390/galaxies6030070

published as Galaxies 2018, 6(3), 70 · 9 pages, 3 figures, 2 tables; this article is connected to arXiv:1705.04131

arxiv created 2018/04/25 · openalex created_date 2018/05/07 · openalex publication_date 2018/07/13 · arxiv updated 2018/07/16 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05

Abstract

A new simple expression for the circular velocity of spiral galaxies is proposed and tested against HI Nearby Galaxy Survey (THINGS) data set. Its accuracy is compared with the one coming from MOND.

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