A Dearth of Dark Matter in Ordinary Elliptical Galaxies
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2003
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Romanowsky, A J
Douglas, Nigel G
Arnaboldi, Magda
Kuijken, Konrad
Merrifield, M R
Napolitano, Nicola R
Capaccioli, Massimo
Freeman, Kenneth
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American Association for the Advancement of Science
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The kinematics of the outer parts of three intermediate-luminosity elliptical galaxies were studied with the Planetary Nebula Spectrograph. The galaxies' velocity-dispersion profiles were found to decline with the radius, and dynamical modeling of the data indicates the presence of little if any dark matter in these galaxies' halos. This unexpected result conflicts with findings in other galaxy types and poses a challenge to current galaxy formation theories.
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Keywords: Astrophysics; Computer simulation; Galaxies; Kinematics; Halos; Space research; astronomy; solar system; anisotropy; article; astronomy; gravity; kinematics; light; model; priority journal; theory; velocity
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