Bibcode
Scarpa, R.; Marconi, G.; Gilmozzi, R.
Referencia bibliográfica
International Astronomical Union Symposium no. 220, held 21 - 25 July, 2003 in Sydney, Australia. Eds: S. D. Ryder, D. J. Pisano, M. A. Walker, and K. C. Freeman. San Francisco: Astronomical Society of the Pacific., p.215
Fecha de publicación:
7
2004
Número de citas
9
Número de citas referidas
8
Descripción
New measurements of the velocity dispersion of the globular cluster
ω Centauri allow us to trace its gravitational potential down to
an acceleration of 8×10-9 cm s-2. It is
found that the dispersion profile remains flat well inside the tidal
radius as soon as the acceleration of gravity approaches a_0, a result
that finds its simplest explanation within the context of MOND. A
similar behaviour is observed in the globular cluster M15 showing this
is not a peculiar feature of ω Centauri. This result is surprising
and suggestive of a failure of Newton's law at low accelerations.