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Dissipation and Formation of Galactic Halos

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 August 2017

George R. Blumenthal*
Affiliation:
Lick Observatory, Board of Studies in Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of California, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA 95060, U.S.A.

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When protogalaxies collapse, the cooling and infall of what will become the visible galactic component affects the mass distribution of dissipationless dark matter particles which constitute the halo. For spiral galaxies, the reaction of the dissipationless halo can have a striking effect on the resulting rotation curves [1–5].

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Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1988 

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