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A galaxy lacking dark matter

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  • Pieter van Dokkum

    (Yale University)

  • Shany Danieli

    (Yale University)

  • Yotam Cohen

    (Yale University)

  • Allison Merritt

    (Yale University
    Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie)

  • Aaron J. Romanowsky

    (San Jose State University
    University of California Observatories)

  • Roberto Abraham

    (University of Toronto)

  • Jean Brodie

    (University of California Observatories)

  • Charlie Conroy

    (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics)

  • Deborah Lokhorst

    (University of Toronto)

  • Lamiya Mowla

    (Yale University)

  • Ewan O’Sullivan

    (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics)

  • Jielai Zhang

    (University of Toronto)

Abstract

Galaxies normally have far more dark matter than normal matter, but the dynamics of objects within the ultra-diffuse galaxy NGC1052–DF2 suggest that it has a very little dark matter component.

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  • Pieter van Dokkum & Shany Danieli & Yotam Cohen & Allison Merritt & Aaron J. Romanowsky & Roberto Abraham & Jean Brodie & Charlie Conroy & Deborah Lokhorst & Lamiya Mowla & Ewan O’Sullivan & Jielai Zh, 2018. "A galaxy lacking dark matter," Nature, Nature, vol. 555(7698), pages 629-632, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:555:y:2018:i:7698:d:10.1038_nature25767
    DOI: 10.1038/nature25767
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