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 , they describe quantum fields. Their solutions, however, may be treated as classical if their typical action obeys . 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 , where is the maximal bosonic star mass of the particular model and is the Planck mass. Thus, for models allowing and for solutions with mass , the classical treatment is legitimate, which includes masses in the astrophysical interesting range .
Cite
@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