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Relativistic collapse of axion stars

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2018-08-22 v1 Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics

Abstract

We study the gravitational collapse of an axion field in null coordinates, assuming spherical symmetry. Compared with previous studies, we use a simpler numerical scheme which can run, for relevant parameters, in a few minutes or less on a desktop computer. We use it to accurately determine the domains of parameter space in which the axion field forms a black hole, an axion star or a relativistic Bosenova.

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@article{arxiv.1802.10085,
  title  = {Relativistic collapse of axion stars},
  author = {Florent Michel and Ian G. Moss},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1802.10085},
  year   = {2018}
}

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7 pages, 5 figures, pdflatex