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On the classicality of bosonic stars

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2022-12-07 v1 High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena High Energy Physics - Theory

Abstract

Because the Klein-Gordon and Proca equations involve \hbar, they describe quantum fields. Their solutions, however, may be treated as classical if their typical action obeys StypicalS^{\rm typical}\gg \hbar. This is possible due to their bosonic nature, allowing states with many particles. We show, by generic arguments, that the typical action for such bosonic stars is Stypical/(Mmax/MPl)21076(Mmax/M)2{\mathcal{S}^{\rm typical}}/{\hbar}\gtrsim \left({M^{\rm max}}/{M_{\rm Pl}}\right)^2\sim 10^{76}\left({M^{\rm max}}/{M_\odot}\right)^2, where MmaxM^{\rm max} is the maximal bosonic star mass of the particular model and MPlM_{\rm Pl} is the Planck mass. Thus, for models allowing MmaxMPlM^{\rm max}\gg M_{\rm Pl} and for solutions with mass Mmax\sim M^{\rm max}, the classical treatment is legitimate, which includes masses in the astrophysical interesting range M\gtrsim M_\odot.

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@article{arxiv.2205.05395,
  title  = {On the classicality of bosonic stars},
  author = {Carlos A. R. Herdeiro and Eugen Radu},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2205.05395},
  year   = {2022}
}

Comments

11 pages; Essay written for the Gravity Research Foundation 2022 Awards for Essays on Gravitation and selected for Honorable Mention