Conformal gravity and the radial acceleration relation. Issue 1 (28th March 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: O'Brien, J. G.; Chiarelli, T. L.; Falcone, M. A.; AlQurashi, M. H.
• Other Names: Zen Vasconcellos C. A. guestEditor.; Solano J. guestEditor.; Horvath J. guestEditor.; Machado M. guestEditor.; Gamarra M. guestEditor.; Razeira M. guestEditor.; Hess P. guestEditor.; González Felipe R. guestEditor.; Boller Th. guestEditor.
• Is Part Of: Astronomische Nachrichten. Volume 340:Issue 1/3(2019)
• Page Start: 95
• Page End: 99
• Publication Date: 2019-03-28
• Subjects: conformal gravity -- cosmology -- general relativity; Astronomy -- Periodicals; 520.5
• DOI: 10.1002/asna.201913568
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0004-6337

Abstract

Abstract : During the 2016 International Workshop on Astronomy and Relativistic Astrophysics (IWARA), the question was raised as to whether conformal gravity (CG) could explain the timely result which showed a universal nature found in the centripetal accelerations of spiral galaxies. At the time of the conference, the McGaugh result was only published for 2 weeks. Since then, the result has become known as the radial acceleration relation (RAR) and has been considered tantamount to a natural law. In this paper, we summarize how CG can explain the RAR in a manner consistent with the findings of the original authors without the need for dark matter.