A filament of dark matter between two clusters of galaxies

Jörg P. Dietrich (), Norbert Werner, Douglas Clowe, Alexis Finoguenov, Tom Kitching, Lance Miller and Aurora Simionescu
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Jörg P. Dietrich: University of Michigan, 450 Church Street, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-1040, USA
Norbert Werner: Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, Stanford University, 382 Via Pueblo Mall, Stanford, California 94305-4060, USA
Douglas Clowe: Ohio University, Clippinger Lab 251B, Athens, Ohio 45701, USA
Alexis Finoguenov: Max-Planck-Institut für extraterrestrische Physik, Giessenbachstraße, 85748 Garching bei München, Germany
Tom Kitching: Institute for Astronomy, The University of Edinburgh, Royal Observatory, Blackford Hill, Edinburgh EH9 3HJ, UK
Lance Miller: University of Oxford, The Denys Wilkinson Building, Keble Road, Oxford OX1 3RH, UK
Aurora Simionescu: Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, Stanford University, 382 Via Pueblo Mall, Stanford, California 94305-4060, USA

Nature, 2012, vol. 487, issue 7406, 202-204

Abstract: A dark-matter filament connecting the galaxy clusters Abell 222 and Abell 223 has been detected from its weak gravitational lensing signal.

Date: 2012
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