A stabilization mechanism for excited fermion-boson stars

DOI10.1088/1361-6382/AC1B45MaRDI QIDQ5163847zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Fabrizio di Giovanni, Saeed Fakhry, Nicolas Sanchis-Gual, Juan Carlos Degollado, José A. Font

Publication date 9 November 2021

Published in Classical and Quantum Gravity (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/2105.00530

zbMATH Keywords

general relativitynumerical relativityscalar field

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Closed and approximate solutions to the Schrödinger, Dirac, Klein-Gordon and other equations of quantum mechanics (81Q05) Covariant wave equations in quantum theory, relativistic quantum mechanics (81R20) Particle exchange symmetries in quantum theory (general) (81V72) Gravitational energy and conservation laws; groups of motions (83C40) Galactic and stellar dynamics (85A05) Galactic and stellar structure (85A15)

Abstract: We study numerically the nonlinear stability of {it excited} fermion-boson stars in spherical symmetry. Such compound hypothetical stars, composed by fermions and bosons, are gravitationally bound, regular, and static configurations described within the coupled Einstein-Klein-Gordon-Euler theoretical framework. The excited configurations are characterized by the presence in the radial profile of the (complex, massive) scalar field -- the bosonic piece -- of at least one node across the star. The dynamical emergence of one such configuration from the accretion of a cloud of scalar field onto an already-formed neutron star, was numerically revealed in our previous investigation. Prompted by that finding we construct here equilibrium configurations of excited fermion-boson stars and study their stability properties using numerical-relativity simulations. In addition, we also analyze their dynamical formation from generic, constraint-satisfying initial data. Contrary to purely boson stars in the excited state, which are known to be generically unstable, our study reveals the appearance of a cooperative stabilization mechanism between the fermionic and bosonic constituents of those excited-state mixed stars. While similar examples of stabilization mechanisms have been recently discussed in the context of $ell-$boson stars and multi-field, multi-frequency boson stars, our results seem to indicate that the stabilization mechanism is a purely gravitational effect and does not depend on the type of matter of the companion star.

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