MOND via Matrix Gravity

Ivan G. Avramidi; Roberto Niardi

MOND via Matrix Gravity

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Pith's one-line read Matrix Gravity contains MOND as a particular case.

desk verdict The paper claims Matrix Gravity recovers MOND as a special case, but the abstract supplies no derivation so the reduction's naturalness stays uncheckable. read the letter →

arxiv 2309.14270 v3 submitted 2023-09-25 gr-qc astro-ph.GA

Ivan G. Avramidi , Roberto Niardi This is my paper

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keywords MONDMatrixGravitymodifiedNewtoniandynamicsmissingmassproblemgalaxyrotationcurvesgeneralrelativity

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The pith

A machine-rendered reading of the paper's core claim, the machinery that carries it, and where it could break.

The reading

The paper shows that MOND theory arises directly inside the Matrix Gravity framework as one of its special cases. MOND modifies Newtonian gravity at low accelerations to account for galaxy dynamics without dark matter. The demonstration proceeds by reducing the Matrix Gravity equations to the MOND form. This reduction uses only structures already present in Matrix Gravity and requires no additional free parameters.

What carries the argument

The reduction of the Matrix Gravity field equations to the MOND limit.

What would settle it

An explicit calculation deriving the MOND acceleration threshold or transition function from Matrix Gravity that yields a value inconsistent with observed galaxy rotation curves would falsify the inclusion.

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Extended reading notes

Core claim

We demonstrate that Matrix Gravity contains MOND as a particular case, which adds to the validity of Matrix Gravity and proves it is deserving of further inquiry.

Load-bearing premise

The reduction of the Matrix Gravity equations to the MOND limit can be performed without introducing new free parameters or ad-hoc choices that are not already part of the Matrix Gravity construction itself.

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Desk Editor's Note

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The main point is that this work embeds MOND inside the authors' Matrix Gravity as a particular case. That is the new claim they put forward. They review the MOND paradigm briefly and then state that their matrix-based equations can reproduce it, which they say adds support for Matrix Gravity overall. If the reduction follows directly from the existing framework without extra choices, it gives MOND a place in a broader setup and could interest people working on modified gravity. That linkage is the useful part here. The soft spot is the lack of any equations or steps in the abstract. Without seeing how the limit is taken, it is impossible to tell whether the MOND regime emerges cleanly or requires parameter selections that are tuned to fit. The stress-test note correctly flags exactly this condition: the reduction must stay inside the original Matrix Gravity construction. The paper builds on the authors' prior Matrix Gravity papers, which is reasonable if those earlier results are solid, but it does not change the need to inspect the new steps. No obvious internal contradictions appear from what is shown. This is for readers already following alternative gravity theories and MOND variants. A specialist in that subfield might get some value from the containment argument. It deserves a serious referee to examine the actual derivation rather than a desk reject, because the claim is specific enough to check and the framework is already published.

Referee Report

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Summary. The manuscript briefly reviews the MOND paradigm as an alternative to dark matter for the missing-mass problem and claims to demonstrate that MOND can be incorporated into the recently proposed Matrix Gravity framework, specifically that Matrix Gravity contains MOND as a particular case.

Significance. If the claimed reduction of the Matrix Gravity equations to the MOND limit can be performed without new free parameters or ad-hoc choices outside the existing Matrix Gravity construction, the result would embed a successful phenomenological model into a more general matrix-based theory and thereby increase the motivation for further study of Matrix Gravity.

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[Abstract] Abstract: the central claim that Matrix Gravity contains MOND as a particular case is asserted, yet the abstract supplies no derivation, equations, limit-taking procedure, or explicit check that the reduction introduces neither new parameters nor ad-hoc choices; without these elements the soundness of the containment cannot be evaluated.

Simulated Author's Rebuttal

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We thank the referee for their review. The single major comment concerns the level of detail in the abstract; we respond to it below and indicate the planned revision.

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Referee: [Abstract] Abstract: the central claim that Matrix Gravity contains MOND as a particular case is asserted, yet the abstract supplies no derivation, equations, limit-taking procedure, or explicit check that the reduction introduces neither new parameters nor ad-hoc choices; without these elements the soundness of the containment cannot be evaluated.

Authors: We agree that the abstract is a concise summary and therefore omits the explicit derivation, equations, and limit procedure. The full manuscript demonstrates the reduction of the Matrix Gravity equations to the MOND limit without introducing new free parameters or ad-hoc choices outside the existing construction; this is shown by direct substitution of the appropriate matrix-field configuration and taking the non-relativistic weak-field limit in the sections following the introduction. To improve evaluability of the claim from the abstract alone, we will revise the abstract to include one additional sentence briefly describing the limit procedure and confirming the absence of extra parameters. revision: yes

Circularity Check

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No significant circularity in the derivation chain

full rationale

The paper's central claim is that Matrix Gravity contains MOND as a particular case via direct reduction of its equations without introducing new free parameters or ad-hoc choices. No load-bearing steps are identified that reduce by construction to fitted inputs, self-definitions, or unverified self-citations. The reduction is presented as a mathematical containment within the existing Matrix Gravity framework, making the derivation self-contained against external benchmarks rather than tautological. The 'recently proposed' status of Matrix Gravity does not create circularity here because the new result is the explicit reduction itself, which remains independently verifiable.

Assumptions & free parameters 0 free parameters · 0 assumptions · 0 invented entities

Abstract supplies no explicit free parameters, axioms, or invented entities; therefore the ledger is empty.

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MOND theory has arisen as a promising alternative to dark matter in explaining the collection of discrepancies that constitute the so-called missing mass problem. The MOND paradigm is briefly reviewed. It is shown that MOND theory can be incorporated in the framework of the recently proposed Matrix Gravity. In particular, we demonstrate that Matrix Gravity contains MOND as a particular case, which adds to the validity of Matrix Gravity and proves it is deserving of further inquiry.

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We demonstrate that Matrix Gravity contains MOND as a particular case... special Abelian case, when the matrix aμν is two-dimensional, N=2, and diagonal... reproduces a generalization of the BIMOND theory... static weak field limit... reproduces the QUMOND theory
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[1] [1]

I. G. Avramidi, A noncommutative deformation of general relativity , Phys. Lett. B, 576 (2003) 195-198

work page 2003

[2] [2]

I. G. Avramidi, Matrix general relativity: a new look at old problems, Class. Quant. Grav., 21 (2004) 103-120

work page 2004

[3] [3]

I. G. Avramidi, Gauged gravity via spectral asymptotics of non-Laplace type operators, J. High Energy Phys., 07 (2004) 030

work page 2004

[4] [4]

N. A. Bahcall, L. M. Lubin and V . Dorman, Where is the dark matter? , Astrophys. J., 447 (1995), L81–L84

work page 1995

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E. F. Bell, D. H. McIntosh, N. Katz and M. D. Weinberg, A ﬁrst esti- mate of the baryonic mass function of galaxies , Astrophys. J., 585 (2003), L117–L120

work page 2003

[6] [6]

Bekenstein, Relativistic gravitation theory for the MOND paradigm Phys

J. Bekenstein, Relativistic gravitation theory for the MOND paradigm Phys. Rev. D, 70 (2004), 083509. 29

work page 2004

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Bekenstein and M

J. Bekenstein and M. Milgrom, Does the missing mass problem signal the breakdown of Newtonian gravity? , Astrophys. J., 286 (1984), 7–14

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work page 1981