Radial acceleration relation from symmetron fifth forces

We show that the radial acceleration relation for rotationally supported galaxies may be explained, in the absence of cold dark matter, by a nonminimally coupled scalar field, whose fifth forces are partially screened on galactic scales by the symmetron mechanism. In addition, we show that sufficien...

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Main Authors: Burrage, Clare, Copeland, Edmund J., Millington, Peter
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Published: American Physical Society 2017
Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/42086/
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Copeland, Edmund J.
Millington, Peter
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description We show that the radial acceleration relation for rotationally supported galaxies may be explained, in the absence of cold dark matter, by a nonminimally coupled scalar field, whose fifth forces are partially screened on galactic scales by the symmetron mechanism. In addition, we show that sufficient energy is stored in the symmetron field to explain the dynamic stability of galactic disks.
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spelling nottingham-420862020-05-04T18:39:25Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/42086/ Radial acceleration relation from symmetron fifth forces Burrage, Clare Copeland, Edmund J. Millington, Peter We show that the radial acceleration relation for rotationally supported galaxies may be explained, in the absence of cold dark matter, by a nonminimally coupled scalar field, whose fifth forces are partially screened on galactic scales by the symmetron mechanism. In addition, we show that sufficient energy is stored in the symmetron field to explain the dynamic stability of galactic disks. American Physical Society 2017-03-28 Article PeerReviewed Burrage, Clare, Copeland, Edmund J. and Millington, Peter (2017) Radial acceleration relation from symmetron fifth forces. Physical Review D, D95 (6). 064050/1-064050/6. ISSN 2470-0029 https://journals.aps.org/prd/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevD.95.064050 doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.95.064050 doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.95.064050
spellingShingle Burrage, Clare
Copeland, Edmund J.
Millington, Peter
Radial acceleration relation from symmetron fifth forces
title Radial acceleration relation from symmetron fifth forces
title_full Radial acceleration relation from symmetron fifth forces
title_fullStr Radial acceleration relation from symmetron fifth forces
title_full_unstemmed Radial acceleration relation from symmetron fifth forces
title_short Radial acceleration relation from symmetron fifth forces
title_sort radial acceleration relation from symmetron fifth forces
url https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/42086/
https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/42086/
https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/42086/