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Scalar Soliton in Newtonian Gravity Modelling Dark Matter Halos

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Within standard Newtonian gravity, galactic dark matter is modelled by a scalar field in order to effectively modify Kepler's law. In particular, we show that a solvable toy model with a self-interaction U(Φ) borrowed from non-topological solitons produces already qualitatively correct rotation curves. Although relativistic effects in the halo are very small, we indicate corrections arising from the general relativistic formulation.

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  1. Departamento de Física, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana–Iztapalapa, Apartado Postal 55-534, C.P. 09340, México, D.F., Mexico

    Eckehard W. Mielke & Humberto H. Peralta

  2. Institut für Theoretische Physik, Universität zu Köln, 50923, Köln, Germany

    Franz E. Schunck

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Mielke, E.W., Schunck, F.E. & Peralta, H.H. Scalar Soliton in Newtonian Gravity Modelling Dark Matter Halos. General Relativity and Gravitation 34, 1919–1930 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1020728411087

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