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Rotation Curve Analysis

Galaxy rotation curve analysis is the technique of measuring how orbital velocities change with distance from the center of a galaxy. Pioneered by Vera Rubin and W. Kent Ford Jr. in 1970, rotation curves revealed one of astronomy's great mysteries: galaxies rotate too fast to be held together by their visible stars alone, providing direct evidence for dark matter.

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Galaxy Rotation Curve Analysis for Dark Matter Detection
Taxonomic method record · process-pipeline / astronomy
  • Vera C. Rubin & W. Kent Ford Jr. (1970). Rotation of the Andromeda Nebula from a Spectroscopic Survey of Emission Regions. Astrophysical Journal, 159, 379-403. · DOI 10.1086/150317
  • Flores, R. A., & Primack, J. R. (1994). Structure and dynamics of galactic dark matter halos. Astrophysical Journal Letters, 427(1), L1-L4. · URL
  • Sofue, Y., Tutui, Y., Honma, M., et al. (2001). Central and dark matter rotation curves of spiral galaxies. Astrophysical Journal, 547(2), 712-726. · URL
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