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Dark matter maps reveal cosmic scaffolding

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  • Richard Massey

    (California Institute of Technology MC105-24)

  • Jason Rhodes

    (California Institute of Technology MC105-24
    Jet Propulsion Laboratory)

  • Richard Ellis

    (California Institute of Technology MC105-24)

  • Nick Scoville

    (California Institute of Technology MC105-24)

  • Alexie Leauthaud

    (Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Marseille)

  • Alexis Finoguenov

    (Max-Planck-Institut für extraterrestrische Physik, Giessenbachstraße)

  • Peter Capak

    (California Institute of Technology MC105-24)

  • David Bacon

    (Institute for Astronomy, Blackford Hill)

  • Hervé Aussel

    (CNRS et Université de Paris VII, UMR no. 7158 CE Saclay)

  • Jean-Paul Kneib

    (Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Marseille)

  • Anton Koekemoer

    (Space Telescope Science Institute)

  • Henry McCracken

    (Université Pierre et Marie Curie)

  • Bahram Mobasher

    (Space Telescope Science Institute)

  • Sandrine Pires

    (CEA/DSM/DAPNIA/SEDI, CE Saclay)

  • Alexandre Refregier

    (CNRS et Université de Paris VII, UMR no. 7158 CE Saclay)

  • Shunji Sasaki

    (Ehime University)

  • Jean-Luc Starck

    (CEA/DSM/DAPNIA/SEDI, CE Saclay)

  • Yoshi Taniguchi

    (Ehime University)

  • Andy Taylor

    (Institute for Astronomy, Blackford Hill)

  • James Taylor

    (University of Waterloo)

Abstract

The unseen universe The cover shows part of the first map of the large-scale distribution of 'dark matter' in the Universe, constructed using images obtained in the largest ever survey with the Hubble Space Telescope. Dark matter is a mysterious substance that dominates the mass of the Universe, but neither emits nor reflects light, so is consequently invisible. It can be detected indirectly via gravitational lensing, the deflection of light from distant galaxies by any foreground concentrations of mass. The new map depicts a network of dark matter filaments that have grown over time and are separated by huge voids. Ordinary 'baryonic' particles (which account for only a sixth of the total mass in the Universe) subsequently build all stars, galaxies and planets inside this underlying scaffold of dark matter, during a process of gravitationally induced structure formation. (Cover image: NASA/ESA/R. Massey.)

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  • Richard Massey & Jason Rhodes & Richard Ellis & Nick Scoville & Alexie Leauthaud & Alexis Finoguenov & Peter Capak & David Bacon & Hervé Aussel & Jean-Paul Kneib & Anton Koekemoer & Henry McCracken & , 2007. "Dark matter maps reveal cosmic scaffolding," Nature, Nature, vol. 445(7125), pages 286-290, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:445:y:2007:i:7125:d:10.1038_nature05497
    DOI: 10.1038/nature05497
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    1. Juan A G Ranea & Ian Morilla & Jon G Lees & Adam J Reid & Corin Yeats & Andrew B Clegg & Francisca Sanchez-Jimenez & Christine Orengo, 2010. "Finding the “Dark Matter” in Human and Yeast Protein Network Prediction and Modelling," PLOS Computational Biology, Public Library of Science, vol. 6(9), pages 1-14, September.

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