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    Do non-relativistic neutrinos constitute the dark matter?

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    The dark matter of the Abell 1689 galaxy cluster is modeled by thermal, non-relativistic gravitating fermions and its galaxies and X-ray gas by isothermal distributions. A fit yields a mass of h701/2(12/g‾)1/4h_{70}^{1/2}(12/{\overline g})^{1/4}1.445 (30)(30) eV. A dark matter fraction Ων=h70−3/20.1893\Omega_\nu=h_{70}^{-3/2}0.1893 (39)(39) occurs for g‾=12{\overline g}=12 degrees of freedom, i. e., for 3 families of left plus right handed neutrinos with masses ≈23/4GF1/2me2\approx 2^{3/4}G_F^{1/2}m_e^2. Given a temperature of 0.045 K and a de Broglie length of 0.20 mm, they establish a quantum structure of several million light years across, the largest known in the Universe. The virial α\alpha-particle temperature of 9.9±1.19.9\pm1.1 keV/kB/k_B coincides with the average one of X-rays. The results are compatible with neutrino genesis, nucleosynthesis and free streaming. The neutrinos condense on the cluster at redshift z∼28z\sim 28, thereby causing reionization of the intracluster gas without assistance of heavy stars. The baryons are poor tracers of the dark matter density.Comment: Extended published version, 6.1 pages, 2 figure
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