The self-gravitating Fermi gas
Astrophysics
2007-05-23 v1
Abstract
We discuss the nature of phase transitions in the self-gravitating Fermi gas at non-zero temperature. This study can be relevant for massive neutrinos in Dark Matter models and for collisionless self-gravitating systems experiencing a ``violent relaxation''. Below a critical energy (in the microcanonical ensemble) or below a critical temperature (in the canonical ensemble), the system undergoes a gravitational collapse leading to a compact object with a massive degenerate nucleus (fermion ball).
Cite
@article{arxiv.astro-ph/0205426,
title = {The self-gravitating Fermi gas},
author = {P. H. Chavanis},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/0205426},
year = {2007}
}
Comments
Invited talk at DARK 2002, 4th Int. Conf. on Dark Matter in Astro and Particle Physics, Cape Town, Feb. 2002