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It has recently been proved that horizonless compact stars with reflecting boundary conditions {\it cannot} support spatially regular matter configurations made of minimally coupled scalar fields, vector fields, and tensor fields. In the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2017-09-13 Shahar Hod

We complete our previous investigation concerning the structure and the stability of "isothermal" spheres in general relativity. This concerns objects that are described by a linear equation of state $P=q\epsilon$ so that the pressure is…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Pierre-Henri Chavanis

We develop the large $D$ limit of general relativity for spherically symmetric scalar fields in both asymptotically flat and asymptotically anti-de Sitter spaces. The leading order equations in the $1/D$ expansion can be solved…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2018-07-30 Moshe Rozali , Benson Way

Black holes (BH) are among the most unusual and exciting physical objects. Besides being simultaneously Relativistic and quantum mechanical objects, which allows the discovery and/or tests of new physics, BHs also present a lack of…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-03-27 Alexandre M. Pombo

We present the ${\cal E}$-boson star: A novel configuration of a boson star with an exotic matter nucleus; the exotic matter being described by a real massive scalar field with self-interaction term and kinetic term of the opposite sign.…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-04-05 Víctor Jaramillo , Erik Jiménez-Vázquez , Darío Núñez

Theoretical models of self-interacting dark matter offer a promising solution to several unresolved issues within the collisionless cold dark matter framework. For asymmetric dark matter, these self-interactions may encourage gravitational…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-01-31 Mariachiara Celato , Christian J. Krüger , Kostas D. Kokkotas

$Q$-stars are a class of boson stars arising in scalar-field theories with interacting potentials, minimally coupled to gravity. We show that, in certain regions of parameter space, the angular velocity of stable timelike circular geodesics…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-03-19 Víctor Jaramillo , Laura Meneses , Héctor R. Olivares Sánchez , Carlos Herdeiro , Darío Núñez , Shuang-Yong Zhou

In this paper, we re-investigate the stationary, soliton-like solutions in the model of the Einstein gravity coupled to a free and complex scalar field, which have been known as mini-boson stars. With numerical method, we find that in…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2022-10-18 Shi-Xian Sun , Yong-Qiang Wang , Li Zhao

In this work, we construct spherically symmetric solutions of Bardeen--boson stars within the framework of the Einstein--Klein--Gordon theory coupled to nonlinear electrodynamics by employing numerical methods. Considering a thin accretion…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-10-16 Chen-Yu Yang , Huan Ye , Xiao-Xiong Zeng

It has been shown that scalar fields can form gravitationally bound compact objects called boson stars. In this study, we analyze boson star configurations where the scalar fields contain a small amount of angular momentum and find two new…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2021-04-28 Felix Kling , Arvind Rajaraman , Freida Liz Rivera

We study the nonlinear radial stability of boson stars with a solitonic potential across the entire parameter space, focusing especially on families of solutions that support ultracompact models on the perturbatively stable branch. Using a…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-02-05 Gareth Arturo Marks

It is proved that self-gravitating static scalar fields whose self-interaction potential $V(\psi^2)$ is a monotonically increasing function of its argument cannot form spherically symmetric asymptotically flat bound matter configurations.…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2019-02-20 Shahar Hod

In this paper, we reconsider the mixed system of BSs with wormholes at their center which performed by complex scalar field and phantom field and study a whole new condition about the potential. Both the symmetric and asymmetric solutions…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-06-01 Peng-Bo Ding , Tian-Xiang Ma , Yong-Qiang Wang

The existence of localized, approximately stationary, lumps of the classical gravitational and electromagnetic field -- $geons$ -- was conjectured more than half a century ago. If one insists on exact stationarity, topologically trivial…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2017-10-11 Carlos A. R. Herdeiro , Alexandre M. Pombo , Eugen Radu

We present a comparative study of spherically symmetric, localized, particle-like solutions for spin $s=0,1/2$ and $1$ gravitating fields in a $D$-dimensional, asymptotically flat spacetime. These fields are massive, possessing a harmonic…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2020-02-26 Jose Luis Blázquez-Salcedo , Christian Knoll , Eugen Radu

Recent fully non-linear simulations of ultracompact spherically symmetric boson stars have presented evidence for their long-term stability. All observed dynamics could be mainly attributed to the fundamental radial mode. In this work, we…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-04-06 Seppe J. Staelens

We perform the first nonlinear and self-consistent study of the merger and ringdown of a black hole mimicking object with stable light rings. To that end, we numerically solve the full Einstein-Klein-Gordon equations governing the head-on…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-07-23 Nils Siemonsen

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 study spherically-symmetric structures in Conformal Gravity and in a scalar-tensor extension and gain some more insight about these gravitational theories. In both cases we analyze solutions in two systems: perfect fluid solutions and…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2010-01-07 Y. Brihaye , Y. Verbin

Scalar, spherically symmetric, radially excited boson stars were previously shown to be stabilized, against spherical dynamics, by sufficiently strong self-interactions. Here, we further test their stability now in a full 3+1D evolution. We…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-01-08 Marco Brito , Carlos Herdeiro , Eugen Radu , Nicolas Sanchis-Gual , Miguel Zilhão