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Dark matter candidate induced by Horndeski theory: dark matter halo and cosmological evolution

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2020-10-13 v2 High Energy Physics - Theory

Abstract

We study spherically symmetric solutions with a scalar field in the shift-symmetric subclass of the Horndeski theory. Constructing an effective energy-momentum tensor of the scalar field based on the two-fluid model, we decompose the scalar field into two components: dark matter and dark energy.We find the dark-matter fluid is pressure-less, and its distribution of energy density obeys the inverse-square law. We show the scalar field dark matter can explain the galaxy rotation curve and discuss the time evolution of the dark matter in the cosmic background.

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@article{arxiv.1911.04741,
  title  = {Dark matter candidate induced by Horndeski theory: dark matter halo and cosmological evolution},
  author = {Jiaming Shi and Taishi Katsuragawa and Taotao Qiu},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1911.04741},
  year   = {2020}
}

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25 pages,revtex4-1