Cosmology Notes

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John Moffat

Gravitational constant G varies with spacetime as new tensor in MOG (Modified Gravity Theory). No dark matter or dark energy. [1]

Galactic rotation

Computer and laboratory simulations show that at least the ISM (if not the stars themselves) could be rotating as a plasma filament pair constrained by MHD, producing the observed flat rotation profile.[2][3] It may also explain the observed difference between the motions of stars and the spiral arms, if only someone would run the simulations again.

References

  1. ↑ Moffat, J. W. "Reinventing Gravity". 288p hardcover, 24cm. Smithsonian, 2008.
  2. ↑ Bostick, W. H., "Experimental Study of Plasmoids", Electromagnetic Phenomena in Cosmical Physics, Proceedings from IAU Symposium no. 6, ed. Lehnert, B., p.87. Cambridge University Press, 1958.
  3. ↑ Peratt, A. L.; Green, J. C., "On the evolution of interacting, magnetized, galactic plasmas". Astrophysics and Space Science 91:1 p19-33, March 1983.