Published May 4, 2009 | Version v1
Journal article

Charged boson stars and black holes

  • 1. Institut fuer Physik, Universitaet Oldenburg, Postfach 2503, D-26111 Oldenburg (Germany)
  • 2. ZARM, Universitaet Bremen, Am Fallturm, D-28359 Bremen (Germany)

Description

We consider boson stars and black holes in scalar electrodynamics with a V-shaped scalar potential. The boson stars come in two types, having either ball-like or shell-like charge density. We analyze the properties of these solutions and determine their domains of existence. When mass and charge become equal, the space-times develop a throat. The shell-like solutions need not be globally regular, but may possess a horizon. The space-times then consist of a Schwarzschild-type black hole in the interior, surrounded by a shell of charged matter, and thus a Reissner-Nordstroem-type space-time in the exterior. These solutions violate black hole uniqueness. The mass of the black hole solutions is related to the mass of the regular shell-like solutions by a mass formula of the type first obtained within the isolated horizon framework.

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2009.03.066

Additional details

Identifiers

DOI
10.1016/j.physletb.2009.03.066;
arXiv
arXiv:0902.4799v1;
PII
S0370-2693(09)00364-5;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physics Letters. Section B
Journal Volume
675
Journal Issue
1
Journal Page Range
p. 102-109
ISSN
0370-2693
CODEN
PYLBAJ

INIS

Country of Publication
Netherlands
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
41055234
Subject category
S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
Descriptors DEI
BLACK HOLES; BOSONS; CHARGE DENSITY; ELECTRODYNAMICS; MASS; MASS FORMULAE; MATHEMATICAL SOLUTIONS; SCALAR FIELDS; SCHWARZSCHILD METRIC; SHELL MODELS; SPACE-TIME; STARS
Descriptors DEC
MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METRICS; NUCLEAR MODELS

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