DARK-MATTER PARTICLES AND THE FLAT ROTATION CURVES OF SPIRAL GALAXIES

Authors
DEHNEN H ROSE B AMER K
Citation
H. Dehnen et al., DARK-MATTER PARTICLES AND THE FLAT ROTATION CURVES OF SPIRAL GALAXIES, Astrophysics and space science, 234(1), 1995, pp. 69-83
Citations number
15
Categorie Soggetti
Astronomy & Astrophysics
Journal title
Astrophysics and space science → ACNP
ISSN journal
0004640X
Volume
234
Issue
1
Year of publication
1995
Pages
69 - 83
Database
ISI
SICI code
0004-640X(1995)234:1<69:DPATFR>2.0.ZU;2-H
Abstract
It is shown that a gas of massive bosonic particles (m similar or equa l to 60 eV), e.g. Higgs particles, surrounding disk galaxies is able t o generate the flat rotation curves of spiral galaxies without interna l difficulties with physical principles. We have analyzed 36 galaxies and find good agreement with the empirical data.