Reply to "Comment on 'Scalar-tensor gravity coupled to a global monopole and flat rotation curves' "

TL;DR

This paper discusses how a global monopole field in Brans-Dicke gravity can explain flat galactic rotation curves, addressing previous comments and proposing model improvements.

Contribution

It introduces a model linking global monopoles to galactic rotation velocities within Brans-Dicke gravity, clarifying and improving upon prior work.

Findings

Global monopole fields can produce constant rotation velocities in galactic halos.

The model offers an alternative explanation to dark matter for flat rotation curves.

Revisions address previous critiques and enhance the model's robustness.

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.