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Dark matter and rotation curves of stars in galaxies
Author(s) -
Schmutzer E.
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
astronomische nachrichten
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.394
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1521-3994
pISSN - 0004-6337
DOI - 10.1002/1521-3994(200106)322:2<103::aid-asna103>3.0.co;2-v
Subject(s) - physics , galaxy rotation curve , astrophysics , dark matter , galaxy , stars , motion (physics) , orbital motion , rotation (mathematics) , astronomy , angular momentum , classical mechanics , galaxy formation and evolution , geometry , mathematics
The dark matter accretion theory (around a central body) of the author on the basis of his 5‐dimensional Projective Unified Field Theory (PUFT) is applied to the orbital motion of stars around the center of the Galaxy. The departure of the motion from Newtonian mechanics leads to approximately flat rotation curves being in rough accordance with the empirical facts. The spirality of the motion is investigated.