Finslerian MOND versus the strong gravitational lensing of the early-type galaxies
Abstract
The gravitational lensing of Bullet Clusters and early-type galaxies pose serious challenges on the validity of MOND. Recently, Finslerian MOND, a generalization of MOND in the framework of Finsler gravity, has been proposed to explain the mass discrepancy problem of Bullet Cluster 1E0657-558. In this paper, we check the validity of the Finslerian MOND in describing the strong gravitational lensing of early-type galaxies. The investigation on ten strong lenses of the CASTLES samples shows that there is no strong evidence for the existence of dark matter.
- Publication:
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European Physical Journal C
- Pub Date:
- August 2013
- DOI:
- 10.1140/epjc/s10052-013-2550-3
- arXiv:
- arXiv:1309.1343
- Bibcode:
- 2013EPJC...73.2550C
- Keywords:
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- Astrophysics - Galaxy Astrophysics;
- Astrophysics - Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics
- E-Print:
- 11 pages, 2 figures, 2 tables