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Baryonic Dark Matter and Microlensing

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The nature of the dark matter in the halo of our Galaxy is still largely unknown. The microlensing events found so far towards the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) suggest that at most about 20% of the halo dark matter is in the form of MACHOs (Massive Astrophysical Compact Halo Objects). The dark matter could also, at least partially, consist of cold molecular clouds (mainly H2).

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  1. Institute of Theoretical Physics, University of Zürich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, CH-8057, Zürich, Switzerland

    Philippe Jetzer

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Jetzer, P. Baryonic Dark Matter and Microlensing. In: Bender, R., Renzini, A. (eds) The Mass of Galaxies at Low and High Redshift. ESO ASTROPHYSICS SYMPOSIA. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/10899892_47

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