Dark Matter in Galaxy Clusters

• Galaxies form clusters bound in a gravitational well

• Hydrogen gas in the well get heated, emit X-ray

• Can determine baryon fraction of the cluster

fBh3/2=0.056_0.014

• Combine with the BBN

Wmatterh1/2=0.38_0.07

Agrees with SZ, virial

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