Phys. Rev. D 66, 023503 (2002) [7 pages]Nontopological scalar soliton as dark matter haloReceived 20 July 2001; published 28 June 2002 Galactic dark matter can be modeled by a scalar field coupled to standard gravity in order to effectively modify Kepler’s law. In particular, we show that a solvable toy model with a self-interaction U(Φ) borrowed from nontopological solitons produces already qualitatively correct rotation curves. Although the relativistic effects in the halo are very small, our generally relativistic formulation aids at reconstructing more realistic scalar models with self-interaction. © 2002 The American Physical Society URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevD.66.023503
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevD.66.023503
PACS:
95.35.+d, 98.35.Gi
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