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It is shown that a gas of massive bosonic particles (m \((m\hat \simeq 60 {\text{eV)}}\) 60 eV), e.g. Higgs particles, surrounding disk galaxies is able to generate the flat rotation curves of spiral galaxies without internal difficulties with physical principles. We have analyzed 36 galaxies and find good agreement with the empirical data.
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Dehnen, H., Rose, B. & Amer, K. Dark matter particles and the flat rotation curves of spiral galaxies. Astrophys Space Sci 234, 69–83 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00627284
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