Report-no: CERN-TH/2003-307
astro-ph/0401341

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Abstract. A review of the study of dark matter is given, starting with earliest studies and finishing with the establishment of the standard Cold Dark Matter paradigm in mid 1980-s. Particular attention is given to the collision of the classical and new paradigms concerning the matter content of the Universe. Also the amount of baryonic matter, dark matter and dark energy is discussed using modern estimates.

Keywords: Dark matter; galaxies; clusters of galaxies

Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION

LOCAL DARK MATTER

CLUSTERS AND GROUPS OF GALAXIES

MASSES OF GALAXIES

Galactic Models

Mass-to-luminosity Ratios and Models of Physical Evolution of Stellar Populations

Mass Discrepancy on the Periphery of Galaxies

Galactic Coronas

Dark Matter Conferences 1975

Are Pairs of Galaxies Physical?

Additional Evidence for Dark Halos

THE NATURE OF DARK MATTER

Neutrino-dominated Universe

Dark Matter and the Structure of the Universe

Cold Dark Matter

The amount of dark matter

SUMMARY

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