RMxAA

Revista Mexicana de Astronomía y Astrofísica

ISSN: 3061-8649
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Keywords

Astrophysics
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
High Energy Physics - Theory

How to Cite

Scalar Dark Matter in Spiral Galaxies. (2001). Revista Mexicana De Astronomía Y Astrofísica, 37(1), 63-72. https://astronomia.unam.mx/journals/rmxaa/article/view/2001rmxaa..37...63m

Abstract

An exact, axially symmetric solution to the Einstein-Klein-Gordon field equations is employed to model the dark matter in spiral galaxies. The extended rotation curves from a previous analysis are used to fit the model and a very good agreement is found. It is argued that, although our model possesses three parameters to be fitted, it is better than the non-relativistic alternatives in the sense that it is not of a phenomenological nature, since the dark matter would consist entirely of a scalar field.
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