Does a boson star rotate?

1994
4 pages
Published in:
  • Phys.Rev.D 50 (1994) 7721-7724

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Abstract: (APS)
We investigate the possibility of slow rotation for a certain type of boson star. It is shown that a boson star made by a complex scalar field alone cannot rotate at least perturbatively. We have performed an extensive numerical study for the boson star made by a complex scalar field coupled with a U(1) gauge field to obtain negative results. It is argued that vortex lines will be generated for rapid rotation of the boson star.
  • boson: matter
  • matter: rotator
  • field theory: scalar
  • gauge field theory: U(1)
  • vortex
  • perturbation theory