Modified gravity without dark matter

dc.creatorSanders, R. H.
dc.date2006-01-19
dc.date2006-02-08
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T11:03:56Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T11:03:56Z
dc.descriptionOn an empirical level, the most successful alternative to dark matter in bound gravitational systems is the modified Newtonian dynamics, or MOND, proposed by Milgrom. Here I discuss the attempts to formulate MOND as a modification of General Relativity. I begin with a summary of the phenomenological successes of MOND and then discuss the various covariant theories that have been proposed as a basis for the idea. I show why these proposals have led inevitably to a multi-field theory. I describe in some detail TeVeS, the tensor-vector-scalar theory proposed by Bekenstein, and discuss its successes and shortcomings. This lecture is primarily pedagogical and directed to those with some, but not a deep, background in General Relativity
dc.description28 pages, 10 figures, lecture given at Third Aegean Summer School, The Invisible Universe: Dark Matter and Dark Energy, minor errors corrected, references updated
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0601431
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0601431
dc.identifierLect.NotesPhys.720:375-402,2007
dc.identifierdoi:10.1007/978-3-540-71013-4_13
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/188717
dc.subjectAstrophysics
dc.subjectGeneral Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
dc.titleModified gravity without dark matter
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