Rotation Curves and Nonextensive Statistics
  We investigate the influence of the nonextensive q-statistics and kinetic
theory on galactic scales through the analysis of a devised sample of Spiral
Rotation Curves. Largely supported by recent developments on the foundations of
statistical mechanics and a plethora of astrophysical applications, the theory
also provides an alternative interpretation to the empirical cored dark matter
profiles observed in galaxies. We show that the observations could well be
fitted with reasonable values for the mass model parameters, encouraging
further investigation into q-statistcs on the distribution of dark matter from
both observational and theoretical points of view.
