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Measurement of Dark Matter in Spiral Galaxies

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 August 2017

Stephen M. Kent*
Affiliation:
Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics

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Luminosity profiles and rotation curves for 37 Sb and Sc galaxies have been combined to derive mass/light ratios for the stellar component and scale parameters for a dark halo component.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1987 

References

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