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Table of Contents
- 1. INTRODUCTION
- 2. ROTATION CURVES OF SPIRAL GALAXIES AND DARK MATTER
- 2.1. Some examples of typical rotation curves
- 2.2. Some problems
- 2.3. The Bosma relation
- 2.4. The "Universal rotation curves"
- 2.5. Dwarf irregular galaxies
- 2.6. The rotation curve of the Milky Way
- 3. DARK MATTER IN OTHER GALAXIES
- 3.1. Dark matter in elliptical galaxies
- 3.2. Lenticular Galaxies
- 3.3. Dwarf spheroidal galaxies
- 3.4. Polar ring galaxies
- 3.5. Binary galaxies
- 3.5.1. M31 and the Milky Way
- 3.5.2. Statistics of binary galaxies
- 3.6. Globular clusters and satellites
- 4. THEORY
- 4.1. The nature of galactic dark matter
- 4.2. CDM theoretical models
- 4.2.1. Growth of primordial fluctuations
- 4.2.2. CDM Hierarchical Models
- 4.2.3. Recent developments
- 4.2.4. General remarks
- 4.2.5. Some successes and failures
- 4.2.6. CDM Models, halo structure and rotation of
spirals
- 4.3. MOND
- 4.3.1. MOND applied to different astrophysical
systems
- 4.3.2. Final comments about MOND
- 4.4. The magnetic hypothesis
- 4.4.1. Are magnetic fields ignorable?
- Extragalactic magnetic fields
- Magnetic fields in the outermost region of galactic
disks
- 4.4.2. The magnetic model
- The one-dimension model
- The two-dimension model. Flaring and escape
- Some indirect arguments against and favouring the
magnetic hypothesis
- 4.4.3. Mechanisms producing magnetic fields in the
outermost disk
- Turbulent difussion and the galactic magnetic field
- A dynamo-like mechanism
- 4.4.4. The origin of cosmic magnetic fields
- Inflation magnetic fields
- Phase transition magnetic fields
- Magnetic fields generated by turbulence during the
radiation dominated era
- Magnetic Fields generated after Recombination
- Comments on the different theories
- 4.4.5. Large scale structure and magnetic fields
- 4.4.6. A tentative history of cosmological magnetic
fields
- 5. COMMON HALOS
- 6. CONCLUSIONS
- REFERENCES