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We investigate quartically self-interacting massive boson stars by constructing equilibrium sequences and performing dynamical evolutions. The mass curve $M(|\phi_c|)$ along these sequences develops multiple extrema, yet stability changes…

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We perform a detailed analysis of the fundamental $f$-mode frequencies and damping times of nonrotating boson stars in general relativity by solving the nonradial perturbation equations. Two parameters which govern the microscopic…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2019-07-10 C. Vásquez Flores , Alessandro Parisi , Chian-Shu Chen , Germán Lugones

We investigate the static boson star solutions in the so-called Einstein-Friedberg-Lee-Sirlin (E-FLS) theory, performing a complete analysis of the solution space in this model. We study the phenomenological aspects of E-FLS stars, for…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-06-06 Pedro L. Brito de Sá , Haroldo C. D. Lima , Carlos A. R. Herdeiro , Luís C. B. Crispino

The Hawking evaporation of small black holes formed by the collapse of dark matter at the center of neutron stars plays a key role in loosing the constraint on the mass of asymmetric bosonic non-interacting dark matter particles. Different…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2012-04-13 Yi-zhong Fan , Rui-zhi Yang , Jin Chang

We numerically investigate free and self-interacting ultralight scalar fields around black holes in General Relativity. We focus on complex scalar fields $\Phi$ whose self-interactions are described by the quartic potential $V \propto…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-04-19 Horng Sheng Chia , Christoffel Doorman , Alexandra Wernersson , Tanja Hinderer , Samaya Nissanke

Scalar particles are a common prediction of many beyond the Standard Model theories. If they are light and cold enough, there is a possibility they may form Bose-Einstein condensates, which will then become gravitationally bound. These…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2016-10-19 Eric Cotner

The accretion disk around a black hole and its emissions play an essential role in theoretical analysis of the black hole image. In the literature, two analytical toy models of accretions are widely adopted: the spherical model and the thin…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-03-13 Zhi-Shuo Qu , Towe Wang , Chao-Jun Feng

Our knowledge of supermassive black holes (SMBHs) and their relation to their host galaxies is still limited, and there are only around 150 SMBHs that have their masses directly measured and confirmed. Better black hole mass scaling…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2023-11-21 Zehao Jin , Benjamin L. Davis

We construct analogues for the quantum phenomena of black hole radiation in the context of {\it classical field theory}. Hawking radiation from a (radially) collapsing star is mathematically equivalent to radiation from a mirror moving…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2007-05-23 K. Srinivasan , T. Padmanabhan

Massive bosons, such as light scalars and vector bosons, can lead to instabilities of rotating black holes by the superradiance effect, which extracts energy and angular momentum from rapidly-rotating black holes effectively. This process…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-11-03 Lei Zu , Lei Feng , Qiang Yuan , Yi-Zhong Fan

In this paper, we systematically study spherically symmetric static spacetimes in the framework of Einstein-aether theory, and pay particular attention to the existence of black holes (BHs). In the present studies we first clarify several…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2020-09-18 Chao Zhang , Xiang Zhao , Kai Lin , Shaojun Zhang , Wen Zhao , Anzhong Wang

Compact objects, like neutron stars and white dwarfs, may accrete dark matter, and then be sensitive probes of its presence. These compact stars with a dark matter component can be modeled by a perfect fluid minimally coupled to a complex…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-11-03 Susana Valdez-Alvarado , Carlos Palenzuela , Daniela Alic , L. Arturo Ureña-López

Ultralight bosons are compelling dark-matter candidates. Both scalar and vector bosons can be produced through black hole superradiance, forming a boson cloud surrounding a rotating black hole. Self-interaction of bosons, together with…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-12-30 Hang Yang , Daiqin Su

This paper continues the study of the properties of an accretion disc rotating around a non-baryonic (assumed super-massive) compact object. This kind of objects, generically known as boson stars, were earlier proposed as a possible…

Astrophysics · Physics 2011-05-10 Youjun Lu , Diego F. Torres

Searches for dark matter imprints are one of the most active areas of current research. We focus here on light fields with mass $m_B$, such as axions and axion-like candidates. Using perturbative techniques and full-blown nonlinear…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-09-15 Richard Brito , Vitor Cardoso , Hirotada Okawa

We study the stability of rotating scalar boson stars, comparing those made from a simple massive complex scalar (referred to as mini boson stars), to those with several different types of nonlinear interactions. To that end, we numerically…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2021-02-16 Nils Siemonsen , William E. East

The Klein-Gordon-Einstein equations of classical real scalar fields have time-dependent solutions (periodic in time). We show that quantum real scalar fields can form non-oscillating (static) solitonic objects, which are quite similar to…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2007-05-23 Jeongwon Ho , F. C. Khanna , Chul H. Lee

The frozen star model describes a type of black hole mimicker; that is, a regular, horizonless, ultracompact object that behaves just like a Schwarzschild black hole from an external-observer's perspective. In particular, the frozen star is…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-10-02 Ram Brustein , A. J. M. Medved , Tom Shindelman

We study solutions for boson stars in multiscalar theory. We start with simple models with N scalar theories. Our purpose is to study the models in which the mass matrix of scalars and the scalar couplings are given by an extended method of…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2010-02-15 Nahomi Kan , Kiyoshi Shiraishi

Photon spheres play a pivotal role in the imaging of luminous objects near black holes. In this paper, we examine observational appearances of a star freely falling in hairy black holes, which can possess one or two photon spheres outside…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2022-07-07 Yiqian Chen , Guangzhou Guo , Peng Wang , Houwen Wu , Haitang Yang