Potential-density pairs for axisymmetric galaxies: the influence of scalar fields

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2005-04-22

arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/0504111v1

Gen.Rel.Grav.37:823-829,2005

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology

8 pages, no figures, corrected version to the one that will appear in Gen. Relativ. Gravit., where a small typo in eq. (13) is

Scientific paper

10.1007/s10714-005-0067-2

We present a formulation for potential-density pairs to describe axisymmetric galaxies in the Newtonian limit of scalar-tensor theories of gravity. The scalar field is described by a modified Helmholtz equation with a source that is coupled to the standard Poisson equation of Newtonian gravity. The net gravitational force is given by two contributions: the standard Newtonian potential plus a term stemming from massive scalar fields. General solutions have been found for axisymmetric systems and the multipole expansion of the Yukawa potential is given. In particular, we have computed potential-density pairs of galactic disks for an exponential profile and their rotation curves.

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