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Do We Really Need Cold Dark Matter?

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It is shown that a negative cosmological constant Λ ≃ −10−56 cm−2 can completely replace cold dark matter in galaxy clusters. The consequences of such a constant are discussed.

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Lessner, G. Do We Really Need Cold Dark Matter?. General Relativity and Gravitation 33, 757–765 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1010243405209

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