Comparing different realizations of modified Newtonian dynamics: virial theorem and elliptical shells

Details Comparing different realizations of modified Newtonian dynamics: virial theorem and elliptical shells Comparing different realizations of modified Newtonian dynamics: virial theorem and elliptical shells

2010-03-24

arxiv.org/abs/1003.4753v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics

4 pages, 1 figure, accepted for publication as a Brief Report in Physical Review D

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There exists several modified gravity theories designed to reproduce the empirical Milgrom's formula (MOND). Here we derive analytical results in the context of the static weak-field limit of two of them (BIMOND, leading for a given set of parameters to QUMOND, and TeVeS). In this limit, these theories are constructed to give the same force field for spherical symmetry, but their predictions generally differ out of it. However, for certain realizations of these theories (characterized by specific choices for their free functions), the binding potential-energy of a system is increased, compared to its Newtonian counterpart, by a constant amount independent of the shape and size of the system. In that case, the virial theorem is exactly the same in these two theories, for the whole gravity regime and even outside of spherical symmetry, although the exact force fields are different. We explicitly show this for the force field generated by the two theories inside an elliptical shell. For more general free functions, the virial theorems are however not identical in these two theories. We finally explore the consequences of these analytical results for the two-body force.

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