Do the Herschel cold clouds in the Galactic halo embody its dark matter?

Theo M. Nieuwenhuizen, Erik F. G. van Heusden, Matthew T. P. Liska

Recent Herschel/SPIRE maps of the Small and Large Magellanic Clouds (SMC, LMC) exhibit in each thousands of clouds. Observed at 250 microns, they must be cold, T ~ 15 K, hence the…