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Scalar fields as dark matter in spiral galaxies: comparison with experiments

✍ Scribed by F.S. Guzmán; T. Matos; H.B. Villegas

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
Year: 1999
Tongue: English
Weight: 143 KB
Volume: 320
Category: Article
ISSN: 0004-6337
DOI: 10.1002/1521-3994(199907)320:3<97::aid-asna97>3.0.co;2-m

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✦ Synopsis

We present an exact solution for a static and axially symmetric spacetime, which is obtained from a scalar-tensor theory that comes from unification theories. As an attempt to model the dark matter (DM) in spiral galaxies we find that an exponential scalar potential is enough to explain the rotation curves in such galaxies. We also present the fitting to the rotation curve of six spiral galaxies and we find an excellent agreement between observational data and the results of our model.