Have you ever wondered which was the inspiration for dark matter? Joan will tell you one of the reasons why we suspect that this mysterious kind of matter must exist.
0:08 Why is the sky in revolution?
1:25 What about galaxies?
2:55 What is going on?
ABOUT JOAN:
Joan is a PhD Student at the COSTAR group of CENTRA. He comes from Barcelona, where he carried out a double degree in Physics and Mathematics and a master's degree in Astrophysics and Cosmology. His research is focused on collapsed structures in scalar-tensor theories of gravity, currently exploring the formation of dark matter halos in the early universe.
REFERENCES:
Milky Way: [ Ссылка ]
NGC 6503 Rotation Curve: [ Ссылка ]
Dark Matter distribution: [ Ссылка ]
CREDITS
Recording: Daniel de Jesus Mendes Lála
Editing (CENTRAnswers): Joan Bachs-Esteban, Giorgio Laverda, Matteo Piani, Javier Rubio
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