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Possible Interaction between Baryons and Dark-matter Particles Revealed by the First Stars

March 1, 2018

From Nature: The cosmic radio-frequency spectrum is expected to show a strong absorption signal corresponding to the 21-centimetre-wavelength transition of atomic hydrogen around redshift 20, which arises from Lyman-伪 radiation from some of the earliest stars. By observing this 21-centimetre signal鈥攅ither its sky-averaged spectrum or maps of its fluctuations, obtained...