Using globular clusters to test gravity in the weak acceleration regime
We have carried out a study of the velocity dispersion of the stars in the outskirts of the globular cluster omega Cen, finding that the velocity dispersion remains constant at large radii rather than decrease monotonically. The dispersion starts to be constant for an acceleration of gravity of a=2.1+0.5-0.4x 10-8 cm s-2. A similar result is
Scarpa, R. et al.
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