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2008MNRAS.386.2194N - Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc., 386, 2194-2198 (2008/June-1)

Dynamical friction in modified Newtonian dynamics.

NIPOTI C., CIOTTI L., BINNEY J. and LONDRILLO P.

Abstract (from CDS):

We have tested a previous analytical estimate of the dynamical friction time-scale in modified Newtonian dynamics (MOND) with fully non-linear N-body simulations. The simulations confirm that the dynamical friction time-scale is significantly shorter in MOND than in equivalent Newtonian systems, i.e. systems with the same phase-space distribution of baryons and additional dark matter. An apparent conflict between this result and the long time-scales determined for bars to slow and mergers to be completed in previous N-body simulations of MOND systems is explained. The confirmation of the short dynamical-friction time-scale in MOND underlines the challenge that the Fornax dwarf spheroidal poses to the viability of MOND.

Abstract Copyright: © 2008 The Authors. Journal compilation © 2008 RAS

Journal keyword(s): gravitation - stellar dynamics - galaxies: kinematics and dynamics

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