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We point out that several independent considerations rule out the hypothesis that the missing mass in galactic halos is dominated by massive neutral fermions such as neutrinos, gravitinos or photinos.
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Datta, B., Sivaram, C. & Ghosh, S.K. Neutral fermions as the missing mass matter in galactic halos. Astrophys Space Sci 111, 413–417 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00649981
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