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Two mysterious universal dark matter-baryon relations in galaxies and galaxy clusters

Astrophysics of Galaxies 2022-12-13 v1 Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics

Abstract

Starting from the 1970s, some relations connecting dark matter and baryons were discovered, such as the Tully-Fisher relation. However, many of the relations found in galaxies are quite different from that found in galaxy clusters. Here, we report two new mysterious universal relations connecting dark matter and baryons in both galaxies and galaxy clusters. The first relation indicates that the total dynamical mass of a galaxy or a galaxy cluster M500M_{500} has a power-law relation with its total baryonic mass MbM_b within the `virial region': M500MbaM_{500} \propto M_b^a, with a3/4a \approx 3/4. The second relation indicates that the enclosed dynamical mass MdM_d is almost directly proportional to the baryonic mass for galaxies and galaxy clusters within the central baryonic region: MdMbM_d \propto M_b. The close relations between dark matter and baryons in both galaxies and galaxy clusters suggest that some unknown interaction or interplay except gravity might exist between dark matter and baryons.

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@article{arxiv.2212.01018,
  title  = {Two mysterious universal dark matter-baryon relations in galaxies and galaxy clusters},
  author = {Man Ho Chan},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2212.01018},
  year   = {2022}
}

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Accepted in Physics of the Dark Universe