There is no universal acceleration scale in galaxies

Abstract

Recently, many studies seem to reveal the existence of some correlations between dark matter and baryonic matter. In particular, the unexpected tight Radial Acceleration Relation (RAR) discovered in rotating galaxies has caught much attention. The RAR suggests the existence of a universal and fundamental acceleration scale in galaxies, which seems to challenge the $\Lambda$CDM model and favour some modified gravity theories. A large debate about whether RAR is compatible with the $\Lambda$CDM model has arisen. Here, by analysing the high quality velocity dispersion profiles of 13 E0-type elliptical galaxies in the SDSS-IV MaNGA sample and assuming a power-law function of radius $r$ for the 3-dimensional velocity dispersion in each galaxy, we report the RAR for E0-type elliptical galaxies and we show that the resultant RAR has more than $5\sigma$ deviations from the RAR in late-type galaxies. This new RAR provides an independent probe to falsify the existence of any universal acceleration scale in galaxies. Our result significantly challenges those modified gravity theories which suggest the existence of any universal acceleration scale.

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