Are observations of the galaxy cluster A1689 consistent with a neutrino dark matter scenario?
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| Publication date | 2013 |
| Journal | Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society |
| Volume | Issue number | 434 | 3 |
| Pages (from-to) | 2679-2683 |
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| Abstract |
Recent weak and strong lensing data of the galaxy cluster A1689 are modelled by dark fermions that are quantum degenerate within some core. The gas density, deduced from X-ray observations up to 1 Mpc and obeying a cored power law, is taken as input, while the galaxy mass density is modelled. An additional dark matter tail may arise from cold or warm dark matter, axions or non-degenerate neutrinos. The fit yields that the fermions are degenerate within a 430-kpc radius. The fermion mass is a few eV and the best case involves three active plus three sterile neutrinos of equal mass, for which we deduce 1.51 ± 0.04 eV. The eV mass range will be tested in the KATRIN experiment.
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| Document type | Article |
| Language | English |
| Published at | https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stt1216 |
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