On a Property of Gravitational Systems |
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| Authors: | Antonie Dinculescu |
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| Institution: | (1) Esperion at Western Michigan University, 5110 McCracken Hall Kalamazoo, MI 49008, USA |
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| Abstract: | If one attributes to each component i of a gravitational system a dimensionless parameter ψ
i
equal to the ratio of its relative mass (with respect to the mass of the system) to its relative position (with respect to
a generally defined radius) and sums up the ψ
i
values of all components outside the central core, one obtains a mass distribution index Σψ of the order of unity irrespective
of the size or the type of the system. In the case of spiral galaxies (and probable other galactic systems) this property
applies not only to the whole galaxy, but also to the matter inside any radius larger than the core radius. The mass distribution
index in these systems has a maximum Σψ* at a certain radius r
*, which strongly correlates with the surface brightness at r
* in galaxies with similar mass to light ratio. The gravitational acceleration of all galaxies at r
* divided by (Σψ*)2 is constant and approximately equal to MOND acceleration parameter. Also, at this radius all galaxies have a surface temperature
of the order of the temperature of the cosmic microwave background radiation.
This revised version was published online in July 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date. |
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| Keywords: | stellar systems galactic and extragalactic objects systems universe |
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