Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2006-10-20
Mon.Not.Roy.Astron.Soc.374:1051-1055,2007
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
6 pages, 4 figures. To be published in MNRAS
Scientific paper
10.1111/j.1365-2966.2006.11219.x
The rotation curves and the relative mass distributions of the two nearby Local Group spiral galaxies, M31 and M33, show discrepancies with Modified Newtonian dynamic (MOND) predictions. In M33 the discrepancy lies in the kinematics of the outermost regions. It can be alleviated by adopting tilted ring models compatible with the 21-cm datacube but different from the one that best fits the data. In M31 MOND fails to fit the falling part of the rotation curve at intermediate radii, before the curve flattens out in the outermost regions. Newtonian dynamics in a framework of a stellar disc embedded in a dark halo can explain the complex rotation curve profiles of these two galaxies, while MOND has some difficulties. However, given the present uncertainties in the kinematics of these nearby galaxies, we cannot address the success or failure of MOND theory in a definite way. More sensitive and extended observations around the critical regions, suggested by MOND fits discussed in this paper, may lead to a definite conclusion.
Corbelli Edvige
Salucci Paolo
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