Dissipative structures in astronomy and the missing mass myth.

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Jun 1991

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Comments Astrophys., Vol. 15, No. 4, p. 189 - 205

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Cosmology: Dark Matter, Stellar Dynamics: Dark Matter, Stellar Dynamics: Dissipative Processes

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Discussions of the cosmological "missing mass" problem appear rooted in the implications of the virial theorem, a classical concept that elaborates on the expectation that in astronomical situations equilibrium processes dominate our perceptual horizons. The traditional reaction to the discovery that certain cosmic structures are not in equilibrium has been to invoke the existence of some form of invisible, missing mass so that the equilibrium assumption can continue to be maintained. The author explores here an alternative approach, in which the data are taken at face value. Clusters of galaxies, galaxies, and even structures within galaxis dwell in states that are far from equilibrium, and attempts to account for their existence should use this property as the starting point instead of trying to erase its existence through imagining that the universe is filled with invisible mass.

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