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Contributions from Dilatonic Strings to the Flat Behaviour of the Rotational Curves in Galaxies

M. Leineker Costa, A. L. Naves de Oliveira, M. E. X. Guimaraes

gr-qcarXiv:gr-qc/0507109

Abstract

We analyse the flat behaviour of the rotational curves in some galaxies in the framework of a dilatonic, current-carrying string. We determine the expression of the tangential velocity of test objects following a stable circular equatorial orbit in this spacetime.

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