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Dynamical Role of Light Neutral Leptons in Cosmology
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Using the Vlasov equation, we show that massive galactic halos cannot be composed of stable neutral leptons of mass \ensuremath{\lesssim} 1 MeV. Since most of the mass in clusters of galaxies probably consists of stripped halos, we conclude that the "missing mass" in clusters does not consist of leptons of mass \ensuremath{\lesssim} 1 MeV (e.g., muon or electron neutrinos). Lee and Weinberg's hypothetical heavy leptons (mass \ensuremath{\lesssim} 1 GeV) are not ruled out by this argument.
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- Authors
- Tremaine, S., & Gunn, J. E.
- Venue
- Physical Review Letters
- Publisher
- American Physical Society (APS)
- Published
- 1979-02-05
- Volume
- 42
- Issue
- 6
- Pages
- 407-410
- ISSN
- 0031-9007 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W1992712008
- Cited by
- 911
- References
- 11
- FWCI
- 12.97
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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