Constraints on Bose-Einstein-condensed Axion Dark Matter from The HI Nearby Galaxy Survey data

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One of the leading candidates for dark matter is axion or axion-like particle in a form of Bose-Einstein condensate (BEC).

• In this paper, we present an analysis of 17 high-resolution galactic rotation curves from "The H{\footnotesize I} Nearby Galaxy Survey (THINGS)" data [F.
• Walter et al., Astron.
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