Models of rotating boson stars and geodesics around them: New type of orbits

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作者
Grandclement, Philippe [1 ]
Some, Claire [1 ]
Gourgoulhon, Eric [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Paris Diderot, Observ Paris, CNRS, F-92190 Meudon, France
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GENERAL-RELATIVITY; EQUILIBRIUM; PARTICLES; THEOREM;
D O I
10.1103/PhysRevD.90.024068
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P1 [天文学];
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0704 ;
摘要
We have developed a highly accurate numerical code capable of solving the coupled Einstein-Klein-Gordon system, in order to construct rotating boson stars in general relativity. Free fields and self-interacting fields, with quartic and sextic potentials, are considered. In particular, we present the first numerical solutions of rotating boson stars with rotational quantum number k = 3 and k = 4, as well as the first determination of the maximum mass of free-field boson stars with k = 2. We have also investigated timelike geodesics in the spacetime generated by a rotating boson star for k = 1, 2 and 3. A numerical integration of the geodesic equation has enabled us to identify a peculiar type of orbit: the zero-angular-momentum ones. These orbits pass very close to the center and are qualitatively different from orbits around a Kerr black hole. Should such orbits be observed, they would put stringent constraints on astrophysical compact objects like the Galactic center.
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