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Observed Properties of Dark Matter on Small Spatial Scales

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 June 2007

Rosemary F.G. Wyse  and
Gerard Gilmore
Rosemary F.G. Wyse
Affiliation:
Department of Physics & Astronomy, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA email: wyse@pha.jhu.edu
Gerard Gilmore
Affiliation:
Institute of Astronomy, Cambridge, CB3 0HA, UK email: gil@ast.cam.ac.uk
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Abstract

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The nature of dark matter is one of the outstanding questions of astrophysics. The internal motions of member stars reveal that the lowest luminosity galaxies in the Local Group are the most dark-matter dominated. New large datasets allow one to go further, and determine systematic properties of their dark matter haloes. We summarise recent results, emphasising the critical role of the dwarf spheroidal galaxies in understanding both dark matter and baryonic processes that shape galaxy evolution.

Keywords

dark matterLocal Groupgalaxies: kinematics and dynamics
Type
Contributed Papers
Information
Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 3 , Symposium S244: Dark Galaxies and Lost Baryons , June 2007 , pp. 44 - 52
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Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2008

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