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Boson stars consist of a system of self-gravitating scalar fields which form a macroscopic quantum state and are a possible dark matter candidate. In this paper, we address the existence of boson stars in Brans-Dicke gravity. We show that…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-22 Mark A. Gunderson , Lars Gerhard Jensen

Boson stars are often described as macroscopic Bose-Einstein condensates. By accommodating large numbers of bosons in the same quantum state, they materialize macroscopically the intangible probability density cloud of a single particle in…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2020-12-23 C. A. R. Herdeiro , J. Kunz , I. Perapechka , E. Radu , Ya. Shnir

We study phenomenological features and stability of boson stars in massless and massive scalar-tensor theory of gravity with Damour-Esposito-Farese coupling. This coupling between the tensor and scalar sectors of the theory leads to a…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-07-29 Tamara Evstafyeva , Roxana Rosca-Mead , Ulrich Sperhake , Bernd Brugmann

We use the flexibility of the concept of a fermion-boson star to explore different configurations, ranging from objects of atomic size and masses of the order $10^{18}$ g, up to objects of galactic masses and gigantic halos around a smaller…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Alfredo B. Henriques , Luis E. Mendes

We study boson stars in a theory of complex scalar field coupled to Einstein gravity with the potential: $V(|\Phi|) := m^{2} |\Phi|^2 +2 \lambda |\Phi|$ (where $m^2$ and $\lambda$ are positive constant parameters). This could be considered…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2016-05-24 Sanjeev Kumar , Usha Kulshreshtha , Daya Shankar Kulshreshtha

In this paper, we study rotating boson stars in the large coupling limit as well as in the Newtonian limit. We investigate the equilibrium solutions in four and five dimensions by adopting some analytical approximations. We show that the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2016-11-23 Nahomi Kan , Kiyoshi Shiraishi

Massive boson stars are self-gravitating configurations of self-interacting scalar fields and can be modeled by a massive scalar field with a quartic self-interaction potential. It has been shown that the equation of state and static…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-02-09 Swarnim Shirke , Bikram Keshari Pradhan , Debarati Chatterjee , Laura Sagunski , Jürgen Schaffner-Bielich

Boson stars, self-gravitating objects made of a complex scalar field, have been proposed as simple models for very different scenarios, ranging from galaxy dark matter to black hole mimickers. Here we focus on a very compact type of boson…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2017-06-14 Miguel Bezares , Carlos Palenzuela , Carles Bona

Boson stars coupled to Einstein's general relativity possess some features similar to gravastars, such as the anisotropy in principal pressures and relatively large compactness ($\mu_{max} = 0.32$). However, no matter how large the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-12-18 Anja Marunovic

We study equilibrium configurations of boson stars in the framework of general scalar-tensor theories of gravitation. We analyse several possible couplings, with acceptable weak field limit and, when known, nucleosynthesis bounds, in order…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2011-09-09 Diego F. Torres

Boson Stars are macroscopic self-gravitating configurations made of complex scalar fields. These exotic compact objects would manifest as dark Boson stars and, in the absence of electromagnetic signatures, could mimic properties of compact…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-02-09 Swarnim Shirke , Bikram Keshari Pradhan , Debarati Chatterjee , Laura Sagunski , Jürgen Schaffner-Bielich

We investigate the possible gravitational redshift values for boson stars with a self-interaction, studying a wide range of possible masses. We find a limiting value of z_lim \simeq 0.687 for stable boson star configurations. We can exclude…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-13 Franz E. Schunck , Andrew R. Liddle

By using a simple thermodynamical method we confirm the finding of Chavanis and Harko that stable Bose-Einstein condensate stars can form. However, by using a thermodynamically consistent boson equation of state, we obtain a less massive…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2014-12-24 S. Latifah , A. Sulaksono , T. Mart

We study the properties of a star made of self-gravitating bosons gas in a mean-field approximation. A generalized set of Tolman-Oppenheimer-Volkov(TOV) equations is derived to incorporate the effect of chemical-potential in the general…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2010-05-07 Jitesh R. Bhatt , V. Sreekanth

The present surge for the astrophysical relevance of boson stars stems from the speculative possibility that these compact objects could provide a considerable fraction of the non-baryonic part of dark matter within the halo of galaxies.…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-10-31 Eckehard W. Mielke , Franz E. Schunck

The properties of compact stars made of massive bosons with a repulsive selfinteraction mediated by vector mesons are studied within the mean-field approximation and general relativity. We demonstrate that there exists a scaling property…

Astrophysics · Physics 2010-04-21 Pratik Agnihotri , Juergen Schaffner-Bielich , Igor N. Mishustin

A model of static boson-fermion star with spherical symmetry based on the scalar-tensor theory of gravity with massive dilaton field is investigated numerically. Since the radius of star is \textit{a priori} an unknown quantity, the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-10-20 T. L. Boyadjiev , M. D. Todorov , P. P. Fiziev , S. S. Yazadjiev

An exact solution for a nonrotating boson star in (2+1) dimensional gravity with a negative cosmological constant is found. The relations among mass, particle number, and radius of the (2+1) dimensional boson star are shown.

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-10-31 Kenji Sakamoto , Kiyoshi Shiraishi

We investigate the stability of general-relativistic boson stars by classifying singularities of differential mappings and compare it with the results of perturbation theory. Depending on the particle number, the star has the following…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Fjodor V. Kusmartsev , Eckehard W. Mielke , Franz E. Schunck

We study the spontaneous scalarization of spherically symmetric, asymptotically flat boson stars in the $(\alpha {\cal R} + \gamma {\cal G}) \phi^2$ scalar-tensor gravity model. These compact objects are made of a complex valued scalar…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2019-10-02 Yves Brihaye , Betti Hartmann