  As a candidate for dark matter in galaxies, we study an SU(3) triplet of
complex scalar fields which are non-minimally coupled to gravity. In the
spherically symmetric static spacetime where the flat rotational velocity
curves of stars in galaxies can be explained, we find simple solutions of
scalar fields with SU(3) global symmetry broken to U(1) X U(1), in an
exponential scalar potential, which will be useful in a quintessence model of
the late-time acceleration of the Universe.

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology