• Title of article

    On the Gravitational Properties of Dark Matter

  • Author/Authors

    Al-Khasawneh, B. Jordanian University of Science and Technology - Department of Physics, Jordan , Altaie, M.B. Yarmouk University - Department of Physics, Jordan

  • From page
    65
  • To page
    72
  • Abstract
    Analyzing ten known galactic clusters, we were able to identify a serious mass discrepancy when comparing masses calculated from the velocity dispersions of galaxies through virial method and the masses estimated through gravitational lensing. The masses obtained through virial theorem are more than twice those obtained from weak gravitational lensing observations. This might indicate that the equivalence of inertial and gravitational mass is violated in the case of dark matter.
  • Keywords
    Dark matter , Gravitational mass , Inertial mass , Virial theorem
  • Journal title
    Jordan Journal of Physics
  • Journal title
    Jordan Journal of Physics
  • Record number

    2587215