Statistical and Dynamical Decoupling of the IGM from Dark Matter

Although the gravitational field in the universe is dominated by dark matter, cosmological observations show that the statistical properties of cosmic baryonic matter are significantly and systematically decoupled from that of the underlying dark matter. The dynamical reason of the decoupling is the...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Li-Zhi Fang, Weishan Zhu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2011-01-01
Series:Advances in Astronomy
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/492980