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BillSaltLake
Aug6-11, 11:47 PM
Far from any superclusters, is there a background of DM which hasn't yet clumped (at least to any great extent)? What is its density compared to the average DM density (which I think averages about 1 GeV/m3 in the present)?

Chronos
Aug7-11, 10:09 AM
DM is rather unvenly distributed through the universe in fliaments. The density outside these filaments could be considerably lower. See
http://www.esa.int/esaSC/SEMZ6GSVYVE_index_0.html

BillSaltLake
Aug7-11, 12:57 PM
Would there be any ΛCDM theoretical papers that give predictions on the DM distribution in the form of a graph, such as X= percent; Y= fraction of DM lying within the densest X percent of space?