Newtonian Gravity and Galaxy Rotation Curves: An Axisymmetric Green's Function Perspective

Abstract

The standard proposal within the context of General relativity and its weak field Newtonian limit for the nature of dark matter is that it consists of dark matter particles of unknown type. In the present work and specifically for spiral galaxy rotation curves, an alternative possibility is explored, in the form of an axially symmetric vortex mass distribution of finite extent threading the centre of the galaxy and perpendicular to its disk. Some general considerations are developed and characteristic properties are identified, pointing to the potential interest of such an alternative to be studied in earnest.

1+20 pages, 3 figures, original e-print version, published in final form in the International Journal of Theoretical Physics

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