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Slowly Rotating Boson Stars

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2025-09-09 v1

Abstract

We present solutions to the Einstein-Klein Gordon system representing boson stars in the slow rotation approximation. By considering slow rotation we are able to reduce the number of equations yielding a system of ordinary differential equations that is conveniently solved numerically without the need of expensive computational resources. We find sequences of solutions and describe some of their physical properties such as, total mass, angular momentum and compactness. We also consider the dynamics of particles (geodesics) in the resulting spacetime. A detailed comparison with fully rotating boson stars (non-linear treatment) is performed by showing the region of validity of the slow-rotation approximation.

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@article{arxiv.2408.05262,
  title  = {Slowly Rotating Boson Stars},
  author = {Jorge F. M. Delgado and Juan Carlos Degollado and Luis E. Martínez and Marcelo Salgado},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2408.05262},
  year   = {2025}
}

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21 pages, 12 figures

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