The end of cold dark matter?
Abstract
The successful cold dark matter (CDM) theory for the formation of structure in the Universe has suffered recent setbacks from observational evidence suggesting that there is more large-scale structure than it can explain. This may force a fundamental revision or even abandonment of the theory, or may simply reflect a modulation of the galaxy distribution by processes associated with galaxy formation. Better understanding of galaxy formation is needed before the demise of CDM is declared.
- Publication:
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Nature
- Pub Date:
- April 1992
- DOI:
- 10.1038/356489a0
- Bibcode:
- 1992Natur.356..489D
- Keywords:
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- Astronomical Models;
- Cosmology;
- Dark Matter;
- Galactic Evolution;
- Neutrinos;
- Plane Waves;
- Red Shift;
- Spatial Distribution;
- Astrophysics