The Screening Wager: Why Dark Matter Deficient Galaxies Must Be Satellites

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contents <p><span><span>This paper addresses the discovery of galaxies like NGC 1052-DF2 and DF4 that appear to be deficient in dark matter, following pure Newtonian dynamics despite low internal accelerations</span></span><span><span><sup></sup></span></span><span>. </span><span><span>This observation challenges Toroidal Scale Dynamics (TSD), which views the dark matter effect as a universal metric transition</span></span><span><span><sup></sup></span></span><span>. </span><span><span>The author proposes the mechanism of Scalar Screening, where a satellite galaxy embedded in the strong scalar gradient of a massive host is physically prevented from triggering its own metric transition</span></span><span><span><sup></sup><sup></sup><sup></sup><sup></sup></span></span><span>. </span><span><span>The paper formally wagers that dark matter deficiency is exclusively a satellite phenomenon</span></span><span><span><sup></sup></span></span><span>. </span><span><span>TSD predicts that isolation implies dark matter: as the separation distance from a host increases and screening weakens, the dark matter effect should reappear</span></span><span><span><sup></sup><sup></sup><sup></sup><sup></sup></span></span><span>. </span><span><span>The theory is falsified if a pristine isolated ultra-diffuse galaxy in a cosmic void is discovered to have Newtonian rotation curves</span></span><span><span><sup></sup><sup></sup><sup></sup><sup></sup><sup></sup><sup></sup><sup></sup></span></span><span>.</span></p>
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spellingShingle The Screening Wager: Why Dark Matter Deficient Galaxies Must Be Satellites
Woodward, Vance
Toroidal Scale Dynamics
TSD
Screening Wager
Dark Matter Deficient Galaxies
Scalar Screening
External Field Effect
NGC 1052-DF2
Ultra Diffuse Galaxy
UDG
Woodward Effect
Woodward Radius
metric stiffening
satellite galaxies
cosmic voids
falsifiable predictions
<p><span><span>This paper addresses the discovery of galaxies like NGC 1052-DF2 and DF4 that appear to be deficient in dark matter, following pure Newtonian dynamics despite low internal accelerations</span></span><span><span><sup></sup></span></span><span>. </span><span><span>This observation challenges Toroidal Scale Dynamics (TSD), which views the dark matter effect as a universal metric transition</span></span><span><span><sup></sup></span></span><span>. </span><span><span>The author proposes the mechanism of Scalar Screening, where a satellite galaxy embedded in the strong scalar gradient of a massive host is physically prevented from triggering its own metric transition</span></span><span><span><sup></sup><sup></sup><sup></sup><sup></sup></span></span><span>. </span><span><span>The paper formally wagers that dark matter deficiency is exclusively a satellite phenomenon</span></span><span><span><sup></sup></span></span><span>. </span><span><span>TSD predicts that isolation implies dark matter: as the separation distance from a host increases and screening weakens, the dark matter effect should reappear</span></span><span><span><sup></sup><sup></sup><sup></sup><sup></sup></span></span><span>. </span><span><span>The theory is falsified if a pristine isolated ultra-diffuse galaxy in a cosmic void is discovered to have Newtonian rotation curves</span></span><span><span><sup></sup><sup></sup><sup></sup><sup></sup><sup></sup><sup></sup><sup></sup></span></span><span>.</span></p>
title The Screening Wager: Why Dark Matter Deficient Galaxies Must Be Satellites
topic Toroidal Scale Dynamics
TSD
Screening Wager
Dark Matter Deficient Galaxies
Scalar Screening
External Field Effect
NGC 1052-DF2
Ultra Diffuse Galaxy
UDG
Woodward Effect
Woodward Radius
metric stiffening
satellite galaxies
cosmic voids
falsifiable predictions
url https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18450985