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Scalar fields as dark matter in spiral galaxies

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, , Citation F Siddhartha Guzmán and Tonatiuh Matos 2000 Class. Quantum Grav. 17 L9 DOI 10.1088/0264-9381/17/1/102

This article is corrected by 2001 Class. Quantum Grav. 18 2851

0264-9381/17/1/L9

Abstract

We present a model for the dark matter in spiral galaxies, which is a result of a static and axial symmetric exact solution of the Einstein-dilaton theory. We suppose that dark matter is a scalar field endowed with a scalar potential. We obtain that (a) the effective energy density goes like 1/(r2 +rc 2 ) and (b) the resulting circular velocity profile of test particles is in good agreement with the observed one.

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