Dark Matter, Dark Energy and Fundamental Acceleration

Abstract

We discuss the existence of an acceleration scale in galaxies and galaxy clusters. The presence of the same acceleration scale found at very different scales and in very different astrophysical objects strongly supports the existence of a fundamental acceleration scale governing the observed gravitational physics. We also comment on the implication of such a fundamental acceleration scale on the problem of dark matter. We discuss the relevance of the fundamental acceleration for the nature of dark matter as well as for structure formation to be explored in future numerical simulations.

arXiv comment8 pages; This essay received an honorable mention in the Gravity Research Foundation 2020 Awards for Essays on Gravitation competition

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