Cosmological extra dimensions can mimic dark matter I. Dark matter in galaxies

arXiv:2608.22456 · gr-qc, astro-ph.CO · Submitted 2026-08-23 · Read on arXiv

gr-qc, astro-ph.CO

Submitted: 2026-08-23

Updated: 2026-08-23

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Terminology

• Gravitational Lensing — 2× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Velocity Dispersion — 2× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Trace — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Way and of the Large Magellanic Cloud — 1× in this paper

Sources

• Sterile Neutrino Dark Matter
• Further evidence for a population of dark-matter-deficient dwarf galaxies
• Unveiling the Nature of Infrared Bright, Optically Dark Galaxies with Early JWST Data
• CEERS Key Paper V: A triality on the nature of HST-dark galaxies
• A Third Galaxy Missing Dark Matter along a Trail of Galaxies in the NGC 1052 Field
• A galaxy lacking dark matter
• A second galaxy missing dark matter in the NGC1052 group
• Mass models of the Milky Way
• The stellar-to-halo mass relation of GAMA galaxies from 100 square degrees of KiDS weak lensing data
• Improving constraints on the extended mass distribution in the Galactic Center with stellar orbits
• Calculating black hole shadows: Review of analytical studies
• Application of Kaluza-Klein Theory in Modeling Compact Stars: Exploring Extra Dimensions

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