Reply to "Comment on 'Scalar-tensor gravity coupled to a global monopole and flat rotation curves' "
arXiv:gr-qc/0604046 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.73.128502
Abstract
In Brans-Dicke theory of gravity we explain how the extra constant value in the formula for rotation velocities of stars in a galactic halo can be obtained due to the global monopole field. We argue on a few points of the preceding Comment and discuss improvement of our model.
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