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Article

Surface Density of Disk Galaxies in MOND

by
Antonino Del Popolo
1,2 and
Morgan Le Delliou
3,4,5,*
1
Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia, University of Catania, Viale Andrea Doria 6, 95125 Catania, Italy
2
Institute of Astronomy, Russian Academy of Sciences, Pyatnitskaya Str., 48, 119017 Moscow, Russia
3
Institute of Theoretical Physics, School of Physical Science and Technology, Lanzhou University, No. 222, South Tianshui Road, Lanzhou 730000, China
4
Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço, Universidade de Lisboa, Faculdade de Ciências, Ed. C8, Campo Grande, 1769-016 Lisboa, Portugal
5
Lanzhou Center for Theoretical Physics, Key Laboratory of Theoretical Physics of Gansu Province, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Universe 2023, 9(1), 32; https://doi.org/10.3390/universe9010032
Submission received: 23 September 2022 / Revised: 23 November 2022 / Accepted: 26 November 2022 / Published: 1 January 2023
(This article belongs to the Section Cosmology)

Abstract

:
In this paper, we extend a paper by Milgrom (2009, MNRAS 398, 1023) dealing with the existence of a quasi-universal surface density for object of all mass and structure, if they are in the Newtonian regime, i.e., that their mean acceleration is larger than MOND typical acceleration a 0 . This result is in agreement with Donato et al. (2009)’s results, claiming the existence of a quasi-universal surface density in all masses in galaxies. The Milgrom paper also predicts that objects with mean inner acceleration smaller than the values discussed do not show the quasi-universal behavior of the surface density discussed. In the present paper, we extend the result of Milgrom’s paper, based on a point mass model, considering spiral galaxies, modelled with a double exponential disk. Similar to Milgrom’s results, we find the existence of a universal surface density for galaxies with large surface density, and a different behavior for galaxies having small surface density.

1. Introduction

The Λ CDM model is able to predict with high accuracy the observations on cosmological scales1, and intermediate scales [3,4,5,6,7,8]. However, it has problems in describing the observations on small scales from tens of parsecs to some kiloparsecs. These problems are coined the so-called “small scale problems of the Λ CDM” model. One of these problems, dubbed the “Cusp/Core” problem, is the discrepancy between cuspy density profiles of galaxies in N-body simulations [9,10,11], and the observed cored profiles in dwarf spirals, dwarf spheroidals (dSphs), and Low Surface Brightness (LSB) galaxies [12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20]. Another problem is the “missing satellite problem” dealing with the discrepancy between the number of subhalos predicted in N-body simulations [21,22], and the one observed. A third problem is the “too-big-to-fail” problem, i.e., the subhaloes are too dense compared to what we observe around the Milky Way [23,24].
This flurry of issues remaining with the Λ CDM model has led to a debate on the validity of the dark matter (hereafter DM) assumption, as found in a Special Issue of Universe [25,26,27,28,29,30,31,32,33,34]. The debate remains vivid.
To solve the problems mentioned above, it has been proposed to modify the particles constituting DM [35,36,37,38], to modify the power spectrum (e.g., [39]), to modify the theory of gravity ([40,41,42,43,44], including MOND, the theory used in this work), or astrophysical solutions based on mechanisms that “heat” DM (a) supernovae feedback, and (b) transfer of energy and angular momentum from baryons to DM through dynamical friction.
In this context, using as a fitting profile a pseudo-isothermal profile, obtained through mass-modeling of the rotation curves of 55 galaxies [45], several interesting relations among the DM halos parameters were found.
Among the quantities by them introduced, μ 0 D = ρ 0 r 0 , is a sort of surface density, where r 0 is the core radius of the pseudo-isothermal profile, and ρ 0 its central density. In the case of late galaxies, they found that μ 0 D was independent from galaxy luminosity, and they found a value of 100 M / p c 2 . The previous result was extended to 1000 galaxies (spirals, dwarfs, ellipticals, etc.) by ([46], hereafter D09). This new work found again a quasi-universality of the central surface density of DM halos.
As already reported, Milgrom [47] used MOND, a modified gravity set at the level of Newtonian dynamics, to show that in the Newtonian regime μ 0 D has a quasi-universal value ([48], hereafter G09). showed that the quasi-universality was present in the surface density of the luminous matter.
One issue to stress is that D09 and G09 assume that all galaxies (from dwarfs to ellipticals) have a flat inner spherical profile (note that r in this work designates the spherical radius) described by a Burkert DM halo density profile:
ρ ( r ) = ρ 0 r 0 3 ( r + r 0 ) ( r 2 + r 0 2 ) .
In reality, it is well known that the Burkert profile usually gives a good fit to the rotation curves of dwarfs and LSBs ([17,49,50], but this is not true for giant galaxies, and ellipticals, and moreover there are several exceptions [51,52,53]).
Since not all galaxies are fitted by a Burkert profile and have an inner flat profile, the previous discussion raises obvious doubts as to the D09 and G09 conclusions. In fact, several authors raised doubts as to the D09 and G09 results, concluding that the surface density is not universal.
For example, Napolitano et al. [54] showed that in the case of local early type galaxies the projected density within the effective radius is larger than that of dwarfs and spirals.
Ref. [55] used a much larger sample of that of D09, and G09, and showed a systematic increase with the mass of the halo. In their case, the DM column density, S, was given by
log S = 0.21 log M h a l o 10 10 M + 1.79 ,
with S in M / p c 2 . Cardone and Tortora [56] showed that the Newtonian acceleration and the column density correlate with different quantities: the visual luminosity L V , the effective radius R e f f , the stellar mass M * , and the halo mass M 200 in agreement with [55], and in disagreement with the D09 and G09 results.
Napolitano et al. [54] found the non-existence of a universal surface density in early-type galaxies, while [57], in agreement with [54,55,56], found a correlation of the surface density with M 200 , and [58] found a a correlation between the Newtonian acceleration and the virial mass M vir . Similarly, from the analysis of Saburova et al. [59] it is clear that the DM surface density correlates with several quantities, in agreement with Zhou et al. [60] who reobtained the surface density with a Burkert profile and inferring the parameters through the Markov Chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) method.
In this paper, we extend the paper by Milgrom [47] to spiral galaxies. As in [47], objects in the Newtonian regime are characterized by a constant surface density, while objects with lower acceleration does not show this behavior. In summary, D09, and G09 conclusion that the surface density, defined as the product of the parameters ρ 0 , and r 0 of the Burkert profile, is constant for every kind of galaxies, from dwarfs to giants, is not in agreement with MOND result, apart than to all the results previously mentioned.
The paper is organized as follows. In Section 2, we discuss the methods used to obtain the parameters of DM halos which were used in the current paper and in Section 3, we discuss the results.

2. Surface Density

Mass and mass densities may be measured by means of their gravitational effects on the trajectories of massive particles. In the following we follow [47,61].
If the acceleration field is given by g ( r ) , this can be obtained from the potential ϕ : g ( r ) = ϕ which gives rise to the Poisson equation 2 ϕ = 4 π G ρ * . The gravitational mass density ρ * ( r ) is given by
ρ * ( r ) = 1 4 π G g ( r ) .
In case the Newtonian dynamics are not applicable the quantity ρ * ( r ) is not the true density ρ ( r ) giving rise to g ( r ) . One then defines the phantom mass density given by ρ P ( r ) = ρ * ( r ) ρ ( r ) . The phantom density ρ P is considered as a real quantity but not observed to date.
The quantity ρ ( r ) is given by
ρ ( r ) = 1 4 π G [ μ ( g / a 0 ) g ] .
Ref. [61], where μ ( x ) is the interpolating function, and a 0 is the MOND acceleration constant. Equation (4) does not fix g ( r ) uniquely for a given ρ ( r ) . g is determined uniquely if in addition to Equation (4) we require g = ϕ . Equation (4) can be written doing the derivatives
ρ = 1 4 π G { · g [ μ ( g / a 0 ) ] + g · [ μ ( g / a 0 ) ] } = ρ * μ ( g / a 0 ) 1 4 π G μ ( g / a 0 ) a 0 1 g · g .
We then may write
ρ P ( r ) = ρ * ρ = ρ * ρ * μ + 1 4 π G μ a 0 g · g = ρ * ( 1 μ ) + 1 4 π G L μ e g · g ,
where L = μ μ g / a 0 . Recalling that ρ * = ρ + ρ P , we have
ρ P = ( ρ + ρ P ) ( 1 μ ) + 1 4 π G L μ e g · g ,
and simplifying
ρ P ( r ) = ρ ( r ) ( 1 μ 1 ) + 1 4 π G L e g · g .
This last equation can be written in terms of the potential recalling that g = ϕ :
ρ P ( r ) = 1 4 π G a 0 μ μ | ϕ | ϕ + ρ ( r ) ( 1 / μ 1 ) .
Defining V ( x ) = L ( x ) d x , with x = g / a 0 , L = μ μ x , and defining a vector e in the direction of ϕ , we can write
ρ P = ρ P 1 + ρ P 2 = a 0 4 π G e · V ( | ϕ | / a 0 ) + ( 1 / μ 1 ) ρ ,
and
ρ P 1 = a 0 4 π G e V ( | ϕ | / a 0 ) ,
ρ P 2 = ( 1 / μ 1 ) ρ .
In the case of a point mass, the central surface density given by Equation (11) can be obtained integrating ρ P as
Σ ( 0 ) = + ( ρ P 1 + ρ P 2 ) d z = 2 0 ( ρ P 1 + ( 1 / μ 1 ) ρ ) d z = Σ M [ V ( ) V ( 0 ) ] + 0 = Σ M 0 L ( x ) d x = a Σ M ,
where Σ M = a 0 2 π G . Please note that the integral of ρ P 2 is zero because inside the mass μ 1 . The value of a depends on the interpolation function. For example, for n = 2 , μ = x ( 1 + x n ) 1 / n , we have π 2 Σ M and for larger n the value of a tends to 1.
D09 gives a surface density integrating the Burkert profile2, given by
Σ 0 = 2 ρ d r = 2 ρ 0 r 0 3 ( r + r 0 ) ( r 2 + r 0 2 ) = π 2 ρ 0 r 0 = π 2 Σ c .
If we call Σ c * the MOND analog of Σ c we have, using the MOND to non-MOND surface density ratio λ introduced in [47],
Σ c * = 2 λ π Σ M ,
with Σ M = 138 a 0 1.2 × 10 8 cms 2 M / p c 2 .
Our main goal is to extend the previous point mass calculation to the case of disk systems. As we saw, Equation (11) may be applied to spherical systems, but it can also be applied to disk systems.
To calculate the integral of Equation (10) we will distinguish two cases, the one in which x 1 (acceleration above the MOND universal constant), and the other in which x 1 . At this stage it is worth pointing out that in our theoretical study we focus on galaxies which are clearly in the x 1 or x 1 regimes. Since any qualitative behavior in the intermediate regime will smoothly connect the two, we are not interested in the quantitative details of such regime and will imply the clear regimes when referring to either x 1 or x 1 in what follows. Let us consider the second term (Equation (12)), ρ P 2 = ( 1 / μ 1 ) ρ .
The dimensionless acceleration, obtained from the ratio of the Newtonian acceleration ( μ ( g / a 0 ) g ) and a 0 , is given by a N = ( g / a 0 ) μ ( g / a 0 ) . If we use n = 1 , and μ = x ( 1 + x n ) 1 / n = g / a 0 1 + g / a 0 , multiplying for μ we have
μ = μ g / a 0 μ g / a 0 + μ = a N a N + μ ,
solving with respect to μ we have
μ = 1 / 2 a N + 1 / 2 a N 2 + 4 a N .
Here we used n = 1 to have an algebraically simplified form of the acceleration. Using n = 2 complicates the algebra but the following results do not change.
For a double exponential disk, with cylindrical radius R and altitude z,
ρ = ρ 0 e R / h r | z | / h z ,
the surface density is
Σ = 0 ρ d z ,
and the mass
M = 0 2 π R Σ d R = 2 π ρ 0 h z h r 2 ,
while the dimensionless MOND acceleration ratio, in a similar way as in [47], reads (with Σ b , the baryonic surface density, approximated by an integrated constant volume density Σ b ρ 0 d z = ρ 0 h z )
a N G M a 0 R 2 = G 2 π ρ 0 h z h r 2 a 0 R 2 Σ b Σ M h r 2 R 2 .
The acceleration here is approximated using the spherical expression in cylindrical symmetry. Such an approximation can be evaluated using, for instance, ([62], Equation 2.165) to compare with the spherical expression and obtain an error within some percent in the inner disk and within 10% in the outer disk. The MOND interpolating function becomes
μ = 1 / 2   Σ b   h r 2 Σ M   R 2 + 1 / 2   Σ b 2 h r 4 Σ M 2 R 4 + 4   Σ b   h r 2 Σ M   R 2 .
Please note that the MOND acceleration being defined as a radial acceleration following [47], the gravitational potential is approximated with the spherical expression. Since in the inner parts of the system, the error of the approximation with respect to a thin disk is of the order of some percent and some 10 percent further away where MOND is valid, and we are evaluating qualitative behaviors, we only introduce the cylindrical disk geometry at the level of the mass distribution. Then
1 μ μ + ρ d z 2 ( 1 μ ) μ Σ b exp R / h r = 2 ( 1 μ ) μ a N Σ M R 2 h r 2 exp R / h r = 2 ( 1 μ ) μ x μ Σ M R 2 h r 2 exp R / h r = 2 ( 1 μ ) x Σ M R 2 h r 2 exp R / h r .
The full integral can be written as
F = F 1 + F 2 = 2 π Σ M 0 x L ( x ) d x + 2 π 2 ( 1 μ ) x Σ M R 2 h r 2 exp R / h r .
CASE x 1
We recall that g = a 0 x , and in the case x 1 , μ = x , a N = ( g / a 0 ) μ = x 2 , and from a N = x 2 = Σ b Σ M h r 2 R 2 , x = Σ b Σ M h r R .
Concerning the first term F 1 ,
F 1 = 2 π Σ M 0 x L ( x ) d x ,
using μ = x / 1 + x 2 , recalling that L = μ μ x , and x = Σ b Σ M h r R , one can obtain F 1 in terms of Σ b Σ M , and for small x or small Σ b Σ M we obtain
F 1 = 2 π Σ M 0 x L ( x ) d x = 2 π Σ M arctan x = 2 π Σ M arctan ( Σ b Σ M h r R ) .
Substituting Equation (22) in the right term F 2 of Equation (24) we obtain
F 2 = 2 π 2 R Σ M h r 1 + 1 / 2   Σ b   h r 2 Σ M   R 2 1 / 2   Σ b 2 h r 4 Σ M 2 R 4 + 4   Σ b   h r 2 Σ M   R 2 × Σ b Σ M e R h r ,
that at first order can be written as
F 2 = ( 4 / π )   h r Σ M R e R h r Σ b Σ M .
Then we have that
F = 2 π Σ M arctan ( Σ b Σ M h r R ) + 2 π 2 R Σ M h r 1 + 1 / 2   Σ b h r 2 Σ M R 2 1 / 2   Σ b 2 h r 4 Σ M 2 R 4 + 4   Σ b h r 2 Σ M   R 2 × Σ b Σ M e R h r .
At small x F 1 tend to zero, and F is dominated by the second term.
CASE x 1
Concerning the case x 1 , we have again Equation (24)
F = 2 π Σ M 0 x L ( x ) d x + ( 4 / π ) ( 1 μ ) x Σ M R 2 h r 2 exp R / h r .
Recalling that L = μ μ x , x = Σ b Σ M h r 2 R 2 for μ = x 1 + x 2 we have
F 1 = 2 π Σ M 0 x L ( x ) d x = 2 π Σ M arctan x = 2 π Σ M arctan ( Σ b Σ M h r 2 R 2 ) ,
and
F 2 = 4 π   1 + 1 / 2   Σ b h r 2 Σ M R 2 1 / 2   Σ b 2 h r 4 Σ M 2 R 4 + 4   Σ b h r 2 Σ M R 2 × x Σ M   e R h r R 2 / h r 2 ,
so for x 1 , or Σ b Σ M , x = Σ b Σ M h r 2 R 2 , we have
F = 2 π Σ M arctan ( Σ b Σ M h r 2 R 2 ) + 4 π   1 + 1 / 2   Σ b h r 2 Σ M R 2 1 / 2   Σ b 2 h r 4 Σ M 2 R 4 + 4   Σ b h r 2 Σ M R 2 × Σ M   e R h r R 2 / h r 2 .
For large x, F 2 tends to 0, O(1), and F 1 Σ M .
Assuming h r = R , which corresponds to focusing at the edge of the central region of the galaxy where measurement of the central surface density is clearer, we plot in the left panel of Figure 1 the Σ c * in terms of Σ b / Σ M , representing the 1 σ errors of the evaluation, propagated from the spherical potential approximation, with shaded areas bounded by dashed curves.
The figure shows that there is a double trend of the surface density. At small Σ b / Σ M , for R = h r , the surface density increases as Σ b Σ M Σ M . Going to larger Σ b / Σ M , the plot flattens till when, at large Σ b / Σ M tends to Σ M . The previous results, plotted in the left panel of Figure 1, rely on assuming that the behavior at intermediate values of x and Σ b / Σ M should remain smooth. This is vindicated by the exact calculation below, leading to Equation (34) and the plotting of Figure 1’s right panel, and which is independent of the previous approximations.
Apart the dependence of Σ c * on the ratio Σ b / Σ M , the dependence from the acceleration a N / μ can be obtained by the relation
F = 2 π Σ M 0 x L ( x ) d x + 4 π ( 1 μ ) x Σ M R 2 h r 2 exp R / h r = 2 π Σ M arctan x + 4 π ( 1 μ ) x Σ M R 2 h r 2 exp R / h r ,
with the previous definition of μ = x 1 + x 2 , and L ( x ) = x μ μ , and assuming h r = R , we plot in the right panel of Figure 1 the relation Σ c * versus a N / μ .
As in the left panel of Figure 1, the plot shows again a double trend of the surface density. At small x = g / a 0 , for R = h r , the surface density increases as x Σ M . Going to larger x, the plot flattens and reach the asymptote Σ M . The behavior in the right panel of Figure 1 deriving from Equation (34), it is exact. As the left panel displays a similar asymptotic behavior to the right panel for both a N a 0 and a N a 0 , and we expect a smooth junction between the two regions, the plotting of the smooth junction is justified.
The previous plots and the result of the present paper can be summarized as follows, and represent the main result of the paper. The previous results show that the claim of existence of a quasi-universal surface density in agreement with D09, and G09, is in disagreement with MOND, which predicts that for small values of baryonic surface density Σ b , or small acceleration, the surface density decreases below the quasi-universal value. This result is also in agreement with [54,55,56,57,58,59,60], namely the surface density is not universal. The D09 and G09 claims of the existence of a quasi-universal value of the surface density for all galaxies (considering low surface density ones) is denied also from the existence of galaxies having values much smaller than Σ M . As an example, NGC 3741 according to [63] has a value 56 M / p c 2 much smaller than the quasi-universal value, or similarly KK98 250, KK98 251 has shown by [64] have values 56 M / p c 2 , and 66 M / p c 2 . In a future paper, we want to use the SPARC sample to determine the values of the surface density and compare with our model. One question that could arise, is why does D09 claim the universality of the surface density? Probably this is due to the fact they had few galaxies at small surface density, and they were plagued by errors. In their Figure 2, from magnitude −15 to 7, they had just seven galaxies. One is NGC 2137, whose surface density errors were probably overestimated. The others are dwarf spheroidals, that as reported by the same D09 is beset with uncertainties in the model assumptions, leading to non-unique results. Concerning high surface density systems, the D09 result is in agreement with MOND, namely there is a quasi-universal surface density.
The MOND prediction of the non-existence of a universal surface density on a large range of surface densities or acceleration, is in agreement with several studies [54,55,56,57,58,59,60]. which disagrees with D09 result.

3. Discussion

We extended a paper of Milgrom related to the prediction of the existence of a quasi-universal central density surface density of dark halos. According to this study, systems characterized by a mean acceleration larger than MOND typical acceleration a 0 , namely if they are in Newtonian regime, are characterized by a quasi-universal surface density, whose value is proportional to Σ M = a 0 2 ß G = 138 a 0 1.2 × 10 8 cms 2 M / p c 2 . This claim is in agreement with those of D09 and G09. Milgrom [47] also calculated in the case of general (non-disky) systems with constant density, an approximated value for the surface density, showing that for systems of low surface density there is no longer a quasi-universal value, but the studied systems are characterized by lower values of the surface density, which contradicts D09. In the present paper, the calculation of Milgrom, set from a point mass model, was extended to spiral galaxies, modeled with a cylindrically symmetric double exponential disk. We found a quasi-universal surface density for Newtonian systems, and confirmed smaller values of the surface density for low acceleration systems in our extended cylindrical configuration.

Author Contributions

All authors have contributed equally in this work. All authors have read and agreed to the published version of the manuscript.

Funding

MLeD acknowledges financial support by the Lanzhou University starting fund, the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (Grant No. lzujbky-2019-25), the National Science Foundation of China (grant No. 12047501), and the 111 Project under Grant No. B20063.

Institutional Review Board Statement

Not applicable.

Informed Consent Statement

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Data Availability Statement

Not applicable.

Acknowledgments

The authors wish to thank Francesco Pace for some calculations.

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflict of interest.

Notes

1
We recall that at cosmological scales the Λ CDM paradigm is affected by the cosmological constant problem [1,2].
2
Please note that since the profile is spherically symmetric, integrating along an axis direction z is equivalent to integrating twice along the positive radial direction

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Figure 1. Left panel: the MOND column density in terms of the ratio Σ b / Σ M . Right panel: The MOND column density in terms of the ratio of the acceleration, a N , and μ . In both panels, the shaded regions bounded by dashed curves represent the 1 σ evaluation induced by the approximations described in the text.
Figure 1. Left panel: the MOND column density in terms of the ratio Σ b / Σ M . Right panel: The MOND column density in terms of the ratio of the acceleration, a N , and μ . In both panels, the shaded regions bounded by dashed curves represent the 1 σ evaluation induced by the approximations described in the text.
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