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Observational Searches for Dark Halos

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 August 2017

P.C. van der Kruit
P.C. van der Kruit*
Affiliation:
Kapteyn Astronomical Institute, P.O. Box 800 9700 AV Groningen, The Netherlands

Abstract

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A review of observational searches reveals the following constraints for the constituents of dark halos: (1) Optical searches show that these halos are not for a large fraction of their mass made up of dwarfs of spectral type M5 or earlier. (2) K-band (2.2 μ) searches virtually rule out all H- burning Main Sequence stars. (3) IRAS upper limits are consistent with black dwarfs of any age or Jupiters. (4) The inferred metallicity and M/L variations in the spheroid of NGC 7814 are consistent with the hypothesis that the dark matter consists of low mass objects that formed along with the luminous population II.

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Review Paper
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 117: Dark Matter in the Universe , 1987 , pp. 415 - 424
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1987 

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