Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2008-09-17
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
15 pages, 20 figures. Accepted for publication in MNRAS
Scientific paper
10.1111/j.1365-2966.2008.13961.x
We present a novel solver for an analogue to Poisson's equation in the framework of modified Newtonian dynamics (MOND). This equation is highly non-linear and hence standard codes based upon tree structures and/or FFT's in general are not applicable; one needs to defer to multi-grid relaxation techniques. After a detailed description of the necessary modifications to the cosmological N-body code AMIGA (formerly known as MLAPM) we utilize the new code to revisit the issue of cosmic structure formation under MOND. We find that the proper (numerical) integration of a MONDian Poisson's equation has some noticable effects on the final results when compared against simulations of the same kind but based upon rather ad-hoc assumptions about the properties of the MONDian force field. Namely, we find that the large-scale structure evolution is faster in our revised MOND model leading to an even stronger clustering of galaxies, especially when compared to the standard LCDM paradigm.
Knebe Alexander
Llinares Claudio
Zhao HongSheng
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