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Radial Acceleration Relation in Rotationally Supported Galaxies
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We report a correlation between the radial acceleration traced by rotation curves and that predicted by the observed distribution of baryons. The same relation is followed by 2693 points in 153 galaxies with very different morphologies, masses, sizes, and gas fractions. The correlation persists even when dark matter dominates. Consequently, the dark matter contribution is fully specified by that of the baryons. The observed scatter is small and largely dominated by observational uncertainties. This radial acceleration relation is tantamount to a natural law for rotating galaxies.
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Metadata
- Authors
- McGaugh, S. S., Lelli, F., & Schombert, J. M.
- Affiliations
- Case Western Reserve University (US)
- University of Oregon (US)
- Venue
- Physical Review Letters
- Publisher
- American Physical Society (APS)
- Published
- 2016-11-09
- Volume
- 117
- Issue
- 20
- Pages
- 201101-201101
- ISSN
- 0031-9007 (ISSN-L)
- 1079-7114
- OpenAlex
- W2523266658
- Cited by
- 665
- References
- 53
- Citations by year
- 2026: 71 · 2025: 49 · 2024: 53 · 2023: 66 · 2022: 69 · 2021: 67 · 2020: 78 · 2019: 69 · 2018: 64 · 2017: 67 · 2016: 12
- FWCI
- 33.79
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- arxiv.org
- Licence
- Locations
- Physical Review Letters (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- arXiv (Cornell University) (submittedVersion)
- Scholarly Commons @ Case Western Reserve University (submittedVersion)
- arXiv (Cornell University)
- Funders
- Jet Propulsion Laboratory
- California Institute of Technology
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NNX13AH32G)
- John Templeton Foundation
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Astronomy and Astrophysics › Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena
- Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Astronomy and Astrophysics › Cosmology and Gravitation Theories
- Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Astronomy and Astrophysics › Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies
- Keywords
- radial acceleration relation, rotation curves, baryonic Tully-Fisher relation, dark matter, baryon distribution, galaxy morphology, galaxy mass, void fraction
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