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Wednesday, March 23, 2011
LambdaDCM or MOND ?
Yesterday I encountered an article [http://physics.aps.org/articles/v4/23] and today I attended a public lecture, both on dark matter, which, if it exists, seems invisible to most of the forces known to us. But it does participate in gravitation and plausibly in weak interaction. Their nature is crying to be unveiled. In the article, the author explains the observed v-R curve in galaxies, which is the most direct motivation for dark matter, using the so-called MOND (Modified Newtonian Dynamics) and the dark matter is subsidiary. On the other hand, Harry Nelson, the today's lecturer, dismisses the MOND as unnecessary complications. He cited the "Bullet Cluster" [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bullet_Cluster] as evidences. All in all, I feel that, the MOND idea can hardly withstand this. The point is that, a good idea should explain not only the v-R curve but also many other relevant things, such as the "Bullet Cluster". On the other hand, what is dark matter ? This is regarded as one of the biggest questions in today's science.
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