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Do non-relativistic neutrinos constitute the dark matter?

Astrophysics 2010-04-14 v2 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology High Energy Physics - Experiment High Energy Physics - Theory

Abstract

The dark matter of the Abell 1689 galaxy cluster is modeled by thermal, non-relativistic gravitating fermions and its galaxies and X-ray gas by isothermal distributions. A fit yields a mass of h701/2(12/g)1/4h_{70}^{1/2}(12/{\overline g})^{1/4}1.445 (30)(30) eV. A dark matter fraction Ων=h703/20.1893\Omega_\nu=h_{70}^{-3/2}0.1893 (39)(39) occurs for g=12{\overline g}=12 degrees of freedom, i. e., for 3 families of left plus right handed neutrinos with masses 23/4GF1/2me2\approx 2^{3/4}G_F^{1/2}m_e^2. Given a temperature of 0.045 K and a de Broglie length of 0.20 mm, they establish a quantum structure of several million light years across, the largest known in the Universe. The virial α\alpha-particle temperature of 9.9±1.19.9\pm1.1 keV/kB/k_B coincides with the average one of X-rays. The results are compatible with neutrino genesis, nucleosynthesis and free streaming. The neutrinos condense on the cluster at redshift z28z\sim 28, thereby causing reionization of the intracluster gas without assistance of heavy stars. The baryons are poor tracers of the dark matter density.

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@article{arxiv.0812.4552,
  title  = {Do non-relativistic neutrinos constitute the dark matter?},
  author = {Th. M. Nieuwenhuizen},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0812.4552},
  year   = {2010}
}

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Extended published version, 6.1 pages, 2 figures

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