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Halos of Unified Dark Matter Scalar Field

Astrophysics 2008-11-26 v2 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology High Energy Physics - Phenomenology High Energy Physics - Theory

Abstract

We investigate the static and spherically symmetric solutions of Einstein's equations for a scalar field with non-canonical kinetic term, assumed to provide both the dark matter and dark energy components of the Universe. In particular, we give a prescription to obtain solutions (dark halos) whose rotation curve v_c(r) is in good agreement with observational data. We show that there exist suitable scalar field Lagrangians that allow to describe the cosmological background evolution and the static solutions with a single dark fluid.

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@article{arxiv.0712.0486,
  title  = {Halos of Unified Dark Matter Scalar Field},
  author = {Daniele Bertacca and Nicola Bartolo and Sabino Matarrese},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0712.0486},
  year   = {2008}
}

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19 pages LaTeX file; minor corrections made affecting Eqs.(52)-(56)