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Dynamical Studies of the Globular Cluster Systems around the Giant Elliptical Galaxies NGC4636 and NGC1399
(2011-08-02)
Dark matter studies in elliptical galaxies were long hampered by the lack of suitable dynamical tracers. The advent of 8 m-class telescopes equipped with multi-object spectrographs has made it possible to use globular ...
Weak gravitational lensing analyses of clusters of galaxies
(2011-04-04)
Comprising the most massive gravitationally bound and relaxed structures in the Universe, galaxy clusters are essential in providing a deeper understanding of the properties of dark matter. Being cosmologically young ...
Weak Lensing Mass Determination of Eight X-ray Selected Galaxy Clusters from the 400d Survey
(2011-01-19)
Evolution in the mass function of galaxy clusters sensitively traces both the expansion history of the Universe and cosmological structure formation. Hence, measuring the number density of galaxy clusters as a function of ...