Dark matter fluctuations in the lens system MG J0414+0534 (IMAGE)

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Dark matter fluctuations in the lens system MG J0414+0534

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Dark matter fluctuations in the lens system MG J0414+0534. The whitish blue color represents the gravitationally lensed images observed by ALMA. The calculated distribution of dark matter is shown in orange; brighter regions indicate higher concentrations of dark matter and dark orange regions indicate lower concentrations.

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ALMA(ESO/NAOJ/NRAO), K. T. Inoue et al.

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