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To: adorno; Physicist
It is the collisionless part that would seem to indicate that dark matter is mass-less.

I'm not aware of any theoretical requirement for dark matter to be massless in order to be "collisionless," but since I am neither a particle physicist nor play one on TV, I'm pinging someone who is, in case he can shed more light on the subject.

15 posted on 12/10/2005 1:55:10 PM PST by longshadow
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To: longshadow

Anyone know if the property of "collisionless" has been postulated or observed for anything other than dark matter? I guess this is the first I've heard of the term.


19 posted on 12/10/2005 2:47:42 PM PST by libsrscum (I think, therefore I FReep.)
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