MOND and the fundamental plane of elliptical galaxies

Abstract

It is shown that the MOdified Newtonian Dynamics (MOND) explains the tilt of the fundamental plane of elliptical galaxies without the need of non-baryonic dark matter. Results found for elliptical galaxies extends to globular clusters and galaxy clusters, showing that MOND agrees with observations over 7 order of magnitude in acceleration.

Presented at the "Structure Evolution and Cosmology" symposium, held on October 2002, at E.S.O., Santiago, Chile. Includes 16 pages + 8 figures