Galactic Collapse of Scalar Field Dark Matter
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
2014-11-17 v1 Astrophysics
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
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.
Cite
@article{arxiv.gr-qc/0110102,
title = {Galactic Collapse of Scalar Field Dark Matter},
author = {Miguel Alcubierre and F. Siddhartha Guzman and Tonatiuh Matos and Dario Nunez and L. Arturo Urena-Lopez and Petra Wiederhold},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:gr-qc/0110102},
year = {2014}
}
Comments
4 pages, 3 figues