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Galactic dark matter: candidates.
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MACHOs
(Massive Astronomical Compact Halo Objects):
low mass stars - "brown dwarves";
"almost" stars - Jupiters;
black holes of less than solar mass;
WIMPs
(Weakly Interacting Massive Particles):
new particles predicted by Supersymmetry theories - 'neutralino';
heavy (10 to 1000 GeV/
c
2
) neutrino;
neutrino
:
(tau) neutrino has mass of 10 to 30 eV/
c
2
;
axions, etc.
:
light particles, mass less than 0.1 eV/
c
2
;
modified gravity
- on the galactic scale.
