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Galactic Collapse of Scalar Field Dark Matter

Miguel Alcubierre, F. Siddhartha Guzman, Tonatiuh Matos, Dario Nunez, L. Arturo Urena-Lopez, Petra Wiederhold

gr-qcarXiv:gr-qc/0110102

Abstract

We present a scenario for galaxy formation based on the hypothesis of scalar field dark matter. We interpret galaxy formation through the collapse of a scalar field fluctuation. We find that a cosh potential for the self-interaction of the scalar field provides a reasonable scenario for galactic formation, which is in agreement with cosmological observations and phenomenological studies in galaxies.

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