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Dark Matter in the Galaxy

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Particle Physics in the New Millennium

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After a brief introduction to standard cosmology and the dark matter problem in the Universe, we consider a self-gravitating noninteracting fermion gas at nonzero temperature as a model for the dark matter halo of the Galaxy. This fermion gas model is then shown to imply the existence of a supermassive compact dark object at the Galactic center.

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  1. Rudjer Bošković Institute, P.O. Box 180, 10002, Zagreb, Croatia

    Neven Bilić

  2. Institute of Theoretical Physics and Astrophysics, Department of Physics, University of Cape Town, Private Bag, 7701, Rondebosch, South Africa

    Neven Bilić, Gary B. Tupper & Raoul D. Viollier

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  1. Theoretical Physics Division, Rudjer Boskovic Institute, P.O.Box 180, 10 002, Zagreb, Croatia

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  2. Sektion Physik der Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Theresienstr.37, 80333, München

    Julius Wess

  3. Max-Plack-Institut für Physik, Föhringer Ring 6, 80805, München, Germany

    Julius Wess

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Bilić, N., Tupper, G.B., Viollier, R.D. (2003). Dark Matter in the Galaxy. In: Trampetić, J., Wess, J. (eds) Particle Physics in the New Millennium. Lecture Notes in Physics, vol 616. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-36539-7_2

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