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March 15, 20260 citationsOpen Access

EFT Gravitational Enhancement: Empirical Test Against the Full SPARC Galaxy Sample

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MAMichael Adis

Key Points

  • This research aims to evaluate the gravitational enhancement function from Entropic Field Theory against observations from the SPARC galaxy sample.
  • Tested G_eff formula across 175 disk galaxies from the SPARC sample.
  • Used zero free parameters fixed to specific values for mass-to-light ratio and acceleration scale.
  • Compared predictions to the Radial Acceleration Relation and Baryonic Tully-Fisher Relation datasets.
  • Analyzed scatter and slopes in relation to observed data through various velocity definitions.
  • Verified data against published machine-readable tables.
  • EFT showed a scatter of 0.174 dex for the Radial Acceleration Relation, comparable to MOND-simple and MOND-standard.
  • For the Baryonic Tully-Fisher Relation, EFT predicted a slope of 0.25, close to the observed value of 0.2552.
  • Identified Vf and Wp20/2 as the best velocity tracers for EFT predictions.
  • Internal velocity data exhibited approximately double the scatter compared to outer velocities.
  • The a0 intercept showed a slight offset, suggesting systematic influences on mass-to-light calculations.

Abstract

We test the gravitational enhancement function Gₑff = 1/sqrt (mu (gbar/a0) ) derived from Entropic Field Theory (EFT) against the complete SPARC galaxy sample of 175 disk galaxies (Lelli, McGaugh & Schombert 2016, AJ 152, 157) and the Baryonic Tully-Fisher Relation (BTFR) dataset of Lelli, McGaugh & Schombert (2016, ApJL 816, L14). The EFT prediction uses zero free parameters: the stellar mass-to-light ratio is fixed at ML = 0. 5 Mₛun/Lₛun and the acceleration scale a0 = 1. 2 x 10^-10 m/s² is derived from the cosmological constant alone via a0 = (7/3) fᵥac c² sqrt (Lambda/3). Against the Radial Acceleration Relation (RAR), EFT achieves scatter of 0. 174 dex, competitive with MOND-simple (0. 170 dex) and MOND-standard (0. 168 dex), while achieving the highest individual galaxy win rate at 65/135 (48%) compared to 37/135 (27%) for MOND-simple when ML is optimised per galaxy. Against the BTFR, EFT predicts a slope of exactly 0. 25 (observed: 0. 2552, bootstrap uncertainty ~0. 004) and scatter of 0. 060 dex in log (Vf), at or near the noise floor set by galaxy formation physics. Testing five velocity definitions against the Lelli et al. (2019, MNRAS 484, 3267) sample, Vf and Wp20/2 are the best tracers of EFT's asymptotic prediction, essentially tied at 0. 063–0. 064 dex, with inner velocities showing approximately twice this scatter. The a0 intercept is offset by +0. 031 dex in log (Vf), corresponding to a factor 1. 33 in a0, discussed in the context of ML systematics and the incompletely derived matter-coupling factor fᵥac. All data are taken directly from published machine-readable tables and verified field-by-field against published values. The theoretical basis for Gₑff is developed in the companion paper (Adis 2026, EQ (vT), DOI: 10. 5281/zenodo. 15005630).

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Michael Adis (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69b64daeb42794e3e660e455https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.19001013
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