Mordehai Milgrom
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| Mordehai Milgrom | |
|---|---|
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| Born |
1946 Iaşi, Romania |
| Nationality |
 Israel |
| Fields | Astrophysics |
| Institutions | Weizmann Institute |
| Known for | Modified Newtonian dynamics |
Mordehai (Moti) Milgrom is an Israeli physicist and professor in the department of Particle Physics and Astrophysics at the Weizmann Institute in Rehovot, Israel. He is most famous for his proposal of Modified Newtonian dynamics (MOND) as an alternative to the dark matter and galaxy rotation curve problems, in 1981. Milgrom suggests that Newton's Second Law be modified for very small accelerations. In the academic years 1980–1981 and 1985–1986 he was at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton.[1]
Milgrom is married and has three daughters.
See also
- Cosmic rays
- Gamma ray burst
- Gamma ray and x-ray sources.
References
- Milgrom, Mordehai (Aug 2002), "Does Dark Matter Really Exist?", Scientific American: 42–50, 52
- Schilling, Govert (April 2007), "Battlefield Galactica: Dark Matter vs. MOND", Sky & Telescope: 30–36
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