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

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DARK MATTER: EARLY CONSIDERATIONS

Jaan Einasto

Tartu Observatory, 61602 Tõravere, Estonia


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


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