Local stability criterion for self-gravitating disks in modified gravity
  We study local stability of self-gravitating fluid and stellar disk in the
context of modified gravity theories which predict a Yukawa-like term in the
gravitational potential of a point mass. We investigate the effect of such a
Yukawa-like term on the dynamics of self-gravitating disks. More specifically,
we investigate the consequences of the presence of this term for the local
stability of the self-gravitating disks. In fact, we derive a generalized
version of Toomre's local stability criterion for diferentially rotating disks.
This criterion is complicated than the original one in the sense that it
depends on the physical properties of the disk. In the case of MOdified Gravity
theory (MOG), we use the current confirmed values for the free parameters of
this theory, to write the generalized Toomre's criterion in a more familiar way
comparable with the Toomre's criterion. This generalized Toomre's criterion may
be used to study the global stability of stellar and fluid disks using computer
simulations.
