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Mordehai Milgrom | |
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מרדכי מילגרום | |
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| Born | 1946 (age 79–80) |
| Alma mater | Hebrew University Weizmann Institute |
| Known for | Modified Newtonian dynamics |
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| Fields | Astrophysics |
| Institutions | Weizmann Institute |
Mordehai "Moti" Milgrom (Hebrew: מרדכי "מוטי" מילגרום) is an Israeli physicist and professor in the department of Particle Physics and Astrophysics at the Weizmann Institute in Rehovot, Israel.
Education
[edit]He received his B.Sc. degree from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in 1966. Later he studied at the Weizmann Institute of Science and completed his doctorate in 1972.
Career
[edit]Before 1980 he worked primarily on high-energy astrophysics and became well known for his kinematical model of the star system SS 433.[1][2] In the academic years 1980–1981 and 1985–1986 he was at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton.[3] In 1983, he proposed modified Newtonian dynamics (MOND) as an alternative to the dark matter and galaxy rotation curve problems,[4][5][6] although preliminary work and discussions on this subject started as early as 1981.[7]
Milgrom and modified Newtonian dynamics
[edit]Milgrom is a prominent proponent of the hypothesis that Newton's law of universal gravitation should be modified for very small accelerations, typically of the order of 10−11g and less.
Personal life
[edit]Milgrom is married and has three daughters.
See also
[edit]- Cosmic rays
- Gamma-ray burst
- Gamma ray and x-ray sources.
References
[edit]- ^ Sanders, R. H. (2014). "A historical perspective on modified Newtonian dynamics". Canadian Journal of Physics. 93 (2): 126–138. arXiv:1404.0531. Bibcode:2015CaJPh..93..126S. doi:10.1139/cjp-2014-0206. S2CID 119240769. page 5 of arXiv.org preprint
- ^ Milgrom, Mordehai (October 1979). "Thomson scattered lines in the spectrum of SS 433 - A powerful tool for studying the system". Astronomy and Astrophysics. 78 (3): L17–L20. Bibcode:1979A&A....78L..17M.
- ^ Mordehai, Milgrom, Community of Scholars Profile, IAS Archived 2016-03-07 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Milgrom, Mordehai (July 1983). "A modification of the Newtonian dynamics as a possible alternative to the hidden mass hypothesis". Astrophysical Journal. 270: 365–370. Bibcode:1983ApJ...270..365M. doi:10.1086/161130.
- ^ Milgrom, Mordehai (July 1983). "A modification of the Newtonian dynamics - Implications for galaxies". Astrophysical Journal. 270: 371–383. Bibcode:1983ApJ...270..371M. doi:10.1086/161131.
- ^ Milgrom, Mordehai (July 1983). "A modification of the newtonian dynamics : implications for galaxy systems". Astrophysical Journal. 270: 384–389. Bibcode:1983ApJ...270..384M. doi:10.1086/161132.
- ^ Sanders, RH (February 2015). "A modification of the newtonian dynamics : implications for galaxy systems". Canadian Journal of Physics. 93 (3): 126–138. arXiv:1404.0531. Bibcode:2015CaJPh..93..126S. doi:10.1139/cjp-2014-0206.
Further reading
[edit]- Milgrom, Mordehai (Aug 2002), "Does Dark Matter Really Exist?" (PDF), Scientific American, pp. 42–50, 52, archived from the original (PDF) on 2004-09-19
- Schilling, Govert (April 2007), "Battlefield Galactica: Dark Matter vs. MOND" (PDF), Sky & Telescope, vol. 113, no. 4, pp. 30–36, Bibcode:2007S&T...113d..30S
- Zhiping Li, Ran Li. (30 April 2014). "The relativistic astrodynamics of spiral tracks, localized equivalence principle and the dark matter problem of our Milky Way galaxy". Sciencepaper Online.
External links
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- MOND - A Pedagogical Review - M. Milgrom, 2001
- M. Milgrom @ Astrophysics Data System
- "MOND: Scale invariance at low accelerations - an alternative to the dark Universe". YouTube. Weizmann Institute of Science. May 11, 2020. Archived from the original on 2021-12-21.
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