The Balance of Dark and Luminous Mass in Rotating Galaxies

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2005

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The Balance of Dark and Luminous Mass in Rotating Galaxies. McGaugh, S.S. 2005, Phys. Rev. Lett., 95, 171302

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baryons to the total rotation velocity increases, the contribution of the dark matter decreases by a compensating amount. This poses a fine-tuning problem for CDM galaxy formation models, and may point to new physics for dark matter particles or even a modification of gravity.

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