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ABSTRACT

1.INTRODUCTION

2.STARS NEAR THE GALACTIC DISK

3.VIRIALLY BOUND SYSTEMS

3.1.Halo density profiles

3.2.The Coma cluster

3.3.The AC 114 cluster

3.4.The Local Group

3.5.The local Universe

4.ROTATION CURVES OF SPIRAL GALAXIES

5.STRONG AND WEAK LENSING

6.ELLIPTICAL GALAXIES

7.MASS TO LUMINOSITY RATIOS AND DWARF SPHEROIDALS

8.SMALL GALAXY GROUPS EMITTING X-RAYS

9.MASS AUTOCORRELATION FUNCTIONS

10.COSMIC MICROWAVE BACKGROUND (CMB)

11.BARYONIC ACOUSTIC OSCILLATIONS (BAO)

12.GALAXY FORMATION IN PURELY BARYONIC MATTER?

13.LARGE SCALE STRUCTURES SIMULATED

14.DARK MATTER FROM OVERALL FITS

15.MERGING GALAXY CLUSTERS

15.1.The Bullet cluster 1E0657-558

15.2.The galaxy cluster pair MACS J0025.4-1222

15.3.The merging system A1758

15.4.The merging cluster Abell 2146

15.5.The merging cluster Abell 2744

15.6."El Gordo", the fat cluster ACT-CL J0102-4915

15.7.The cluster merger DLSCL J0916.2+2951

16.COMMENTS AND CONCLUSIONS

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