Formation of solitonic stars through gravitational cooling

Edward Seidel and Wai-Mo Suen
Phys. Rev. Lett. 72, 2516 – Published 18 April 1994
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Abstract

We studied the formation of compact bosonic objects through a dissipationless cooling mechanism. Implications of the existence of this mechanism are discussed, including the abundance of bosonic stars in the Universe, and the possibility of ruling out the axion as a dark matter candidate.

  • Received 26 July 1993

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.72.2516

©1994 American Physical Society

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Edward Seidel and Wai-Mo Suen

  • National Center for Supercomputing Applications, Beckman Institute, 405 North Mathews Avenue, Urbana, Illinois 61801
  • McDonnell Center for the Space Sciences, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri 63130

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Vol. 72, Iss. 16 — 18 April 1994

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