The Effect of Retardation on Galactic Rotation Curves

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Abstract

Galaxies are huge physical systems having dimensions of many tens of thousands of light years. Thus any change at the galactic center will be noticed at the rim only tens of thousands of years later. Those retardation effects seems to be neglected in present day galactic modelling used to calculate rotational velocities of matter in the rims of the galaxy and surrounding gas. The significant differences between the predictions of Newtonian instantaneous action at a distance and observed velocities are usually explained by either assuming dark matter or by modifying the laws of gravity (MOND). In this paper we will show that taking general relativity seriously without neglecting retardation effects one can explain the radial velocities of galactic matter without postulating dark matter.

Original languageEnglish
Article number012006
JournalJournal of Physics: Conference Series
Volume1239
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - 20 May 2019
Event11th Biennial Conference on Classical and Quantum Relativistic Dynamics of Particles and Fields, IARD 2018 - Merida, Yucatan, Mexico
Duration: 4 Jun 20187 Jun 2018

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • General Physics and Astronomy

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