Bose-Einstein condensation of dark matter solves the core/cusp problem

Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

Volumn 2011, Issue 5, 2011, Pages

  Harko, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Dark matter theory; rotation curves of galaxies

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957935260     PISSN: 14757516     EISSN: 14757516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2011/05/022     Document Type: Article

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