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cold dark matter

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cold dark matter [¦kōld ′därk ‚mad·ər]
(astronomy)
A hypothetical type of dark matter consisting of particles that would have been in thermal equilibrium while traveling at nonrelativistic velocities in the early universe; possibilities include axions, photinos, gravitinos, heavy magnetic monopoles, and weakly interacting massive particles.


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Based on their analysis, Wittman and his colleagues were able to rule out a well-known cosmological scenario known as the standard cold dark matter model, in which there is enough ordinary matter and dark matter in the universe to eventually stop its expansion.
 
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