Published February 27, 2024 | Version v1
Journal article

Self-Similar Growth of Bose Stars

  • 1. Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow 117312, Russia
  • 2. Institute for Theoretical and Mathematical Physics, MSU, Moscow 119991, Russia
  • 3. Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia

Description

We analytically solve the problem of Bose star growth in the bath of gravitationally interacting particles. We find that after nucleation of this object, the bath is described by a self-similar solution of the kinetic equation. Together with the conservation laws, this fixes mass evolution of the Bose star. Our theory explains, in particular, the slowdown of the star growth at a certain "core-halo" mass, but also predicts formation of heavier and lighter objects in magistral dark matter models. The developed "adiabatic" approach to self-similarity may be of interest for kinetic theory in general.

Additional details

Identifiers

DOI
10.1103/PhysRevLett.132.091001;
arXiv
arXiv:2305.01005;
Crossref Funder ID
10.13039/501100006769;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physical Review Letters
Journal Volume
132
Journal Issue
9
Journal Page Range
5 pgs.
ISSN
0031-9007

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)

Optional Information

Copyright
© 2024 American Physical Society
Contract/Grant/Project number
RSF 22-12-00215
Notes
Contact Email: dmitriev.as15@physics.msu.ru; Record automatically processed
Funding organization
Russian Science Foundation