Evolution and dynamical properties of Bose-Einstein condensate dark matter stars
Abstract
Using recently developed nonrelativistic numerical simulation code, we investigate the stability properties of compact astrophysical objects that may be formed due to the Bose-Einstein condensation of dark matter. Once the temperature of a boson gas is less than the critical temperature, a Bose-Einstein condensation process can always take place during the cosmic history of the universe. Due to dark matter accretion, a Bose-Einstein condensed core can also be formed inside massive astrophysical objects such as neutron stars or white dwarfs, for example. Numerically solving the Gross-Pitaevskii-Poisson system of coupled differential equations, we demonstrate, with longer simulation runs, that within the computational limits of the simulation the objects we investigate are stable. Physical properties of a self-gravitating Bose-Einstein condensate are examined both in non-rotating and rotating cases.
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@article{arxiv.1412.7152,
title = {Evolution and dynamical properties of Bose-Einstein condensate dark matter stars},
author = {Eniko J. M. Madarassy and Viktor T. Toth},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1412.7152},
year = {2015}
}
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9 pages, 3 figures