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Title: No need for dark matter: resolved kinematics of the ultra-diffuse galaxy AGC 114905
ABSTRACT We present new H i interferometric observations of the gas-rich ultra-diffuse galaxy AGC 114905, which previous work, based on low-resolution data, identified as an outlier of the baryonic Tully–Fisher relation. The new observations, at a spatial resolution ∼2.5 times higher than before, reveal a regular H i disc rotating at about 23 km s−1. Our kinematic parameters, recovered with a robust 3D kinematic modelling fitting technique, show that the flat part of the rotation curve is reached. Intriguingly, the rotation curve can be explained almost entirely by the baryonic mass distribution alone. We show that a standard cold dark matter halo that follows the concentration–halo mass relation fails to reproduce the amplitude of the rotation curve by a large margin. Only a halo with an extremely (and arguably unfeasible) low concentration reaches agreement with the data. We also find that the rotation curve of AGC 114905 deviates strongly from the predictions of modified Newtonian dynamics. The inclination of the galaxy, which is measured independently from our modelling, remains the largest uncertainty in our analysis, but the associated errors are not large enough to reconcile the galaxy with the expectations of cold dark matter or modified Newtonian dynamics.  more » « less
Award ID(s):
2045369 2045371 1637339
PAR ID:
10343783
Author(s) / Creator(s):
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Date Published:
Journal Name:
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Volume:
512
Issue:
3
ISSN:
0035-8711
Page Range / eLocation ID:
3230 to 3242
Format(s):
Medium: X
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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