DARK BARYONS AND GLOBULAR-CLUSTERS

Just like icebergs, globular clusters could well hide large amounts of unseen material in the form of faint and low-mass compact objects. Be cause the latter dominate in the outer regions where they do not mix w ith their heavier and brighter companions, they are potentially detect able by the forthcoming infrared telescopes. They should also induce q uite a few gravitational microlensings on the more distant stars of th e background behind clusters. Observation of such events could shed so me light on the dark side of globular clusters, and eventually on the missing mass of the galaxy.