The Galactic Pizza: Flat Rotation Curves in the Context of Cosmological Time-Energy Coupling

Abstract

The phenomenon of augmented gravity on the scale of galaxies, conventionally attributed to dark matter halos, is shown to possibly result from the incremental growth of galactic masses and radii over time. This approach elucidates the cosmological origins of the acceleration scale $a_0\approx c{H}_0/2\pi \approx 10^{-10}$ms${}^{-2}$ at which galaxy rotation curves deviate from Keplerian behavior, with no need for new particles or modifications to the laws of gravity, i.e., it constitutes a new explanatory path beyond Cold Dark Matter (CDM) and Modified Newtonian Dynamics (MOND). Once one formally equates the energy density of the universe to the critical value ($\rho ={\rho }_c$) and the cosmic age to the reciprocal of the Hubble parameter ($t=H^{-1}$), independently of the epoch of observation, the result is the Zero-Energy condition for the cosmic fluid's equation of state, with key repercussions for the study of dark energy since the observables can be explained in the absence of a cosmological constant. Furthermore, this mass-energy evolution framework is able to reconcile the success of CDM models in describing structure assembly at $z\lesssim 6$ with the unexpected discovery of massive objects at $z\gtrsim 10$. Models that feature a strong coupling between cosmic time and energy are favored by this analysis.

15 pages, 2 figures

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