Soliton Stars and the Critical Masses of Black Holes

Nov 14, 1986
8 pages
Published in:
  • Phys.Rev.D 35 (1987) 3637
Report number:
  • CU-TP-354

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Abstract: (APS)
New possibilities of cold stable stellar configurations, based on nontopological soliton solutions in general relativity, are examined. They represent coherent quantum states with very large masses M; depending on the theory, M can be ∼1015 times the solar mass, or less.
  • general relativity
  • FIELD EQUATIONS: SOLITON
  • FIELD THEORY: SCALAR
  • black hole
  • MATTER: SOLITON