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| author | Woodward, Vance |
| author_facet | Woodward, Vance |
| 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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| id | zenodo_https___doi_org_10_5281_zenodo_18450985 |
| institution | Zenodo |
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| publishDate | 2026 |
| publisher | Zenodo |
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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 |