Journal
MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
Volume 389, Issue 1, Pages 250-256Publisher
OXFORD UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2008.13552.x
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cosmology: theory; dark matter; large-scale structure of Universe
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- UK STFC
- National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) [10428308.]
- STFC [PP/D000890/1] Funding Source: UKRI
- Science and Technology Facilities Council [PP/D000890/1] Funding Source: researchfish
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Clusters of galaxies offer a robust test bed for probing the nature of dark matter that is insensitive to the assumption of the gravity theories. Both Modified Newtonian Dynamics (MOND) and General Relativity (GR) would require similar amounts of non-baryonic matter in clusters as MOND boosts the gravity only mildly on cluster scales. Gravitational lensing allows us to estimate the enclosed mass in clusters on small (similar to 20-50 kpc) and large (similar to several 100 kpc) scales independent of the assumptions of equilibrium. Here, we show for the first time that a combination of strong and weak gravitational lensing effects can set interesting limits on the phase-space density of dark matter in the centres of clusters. The phase-space densities derived from lensing observations are inconsistent with neutrino masses ranging from 2-7 eV, and hence do not support the 2 eV-range particles required by MOND. To survive, the most plausible modification for MOND may be an additional degree of dynamical freedom in a covariant incarnation.
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