Bibcode
Sollima, A.; Nipoti, C.
Referencia bibliográfica
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 401, Issue 1, pp. 131-142.
Fecha de publicación:
1
2010
Número de citas
33
Número de citas referidas
29
Descripción
We test the modified Newtonian dynamics (MOND) theory with the velocity
dispersion profiles of Galactic globular clusters populating the
outermost region of the Milky Way halo, where the Galactic acceleration
is lower than the characteristic MOND acceleration a0. For
this purpose, we constructed self-consistent, spherical models of
stellar systems in MOND, which are the analogues of the Newtonian King
models. The models are spatially limited, reproduce well the surface
brightness profiles of globular clusters and have velocity dispersion
profiles that differ remarkably in shape from the corresponding
Newtonian models. We present dynamical models of six globular clusters,
which can be used to efficiently test MOND with the available observing
facilities. A comparison with recent spectroscopic data obtained for
NGC2419 suggests that the kinematics of this cluster might be hard to
explain in MOND.
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