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Our aim in this review is to briefly describe the main results in the topic of scalar field dark matter, in which a scalar field is the dark matter particle. We will start with a revision of the concept of scalar fields at the classical and quantum levels. We will then continue with some of the relevant solutions for self-gravitating scalar fields in a cosmological setting. At the end, we will discuss the constraints cosmological observations impose upon the free parameters of a scalar field dark matter model.
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Ureña-L opez, L.A. (2007). Mini-review on Scalar Field Dark Matter. In: Carramiñana, A., Guzmán, F.S., Matos, T. (eds) Solar, Stellar and Galactic Connections Between Particle Physics and Astrophysics. Astrophysics and Space Science Proceedings. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-5575-1_14
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