Abstract
The hypothesis that massive neutrinos dominate the mass of galactic systems is examined within the context of the theory of violent relaxation of stellar systems. Phase-space considerations, based on the validity of the original version of this theory, require a prohibitively large neutrino mass, m103 eV, if neutrinos are to dominate galactic halos. Similar arguments show that neutrinos can be bound in galaxy clusters if m10 eV.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 770-774 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Journal | Physical review D |
| Volume | 26 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 1982 |
| Externally published | Yes |