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We have seen that black holes are a serious candidate for the dark matter. But I have said little about what they are. In this chapter we will look at their properties, and consider them as candidates.

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Parker, B. (1989). Black Holes. In: Invisible Matter and the Fate of the Universe. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-6469-4_7

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