Minimizers for the Hartree-Fock-Bogoliubov theory of neutron stars and white dwarfs

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DOI10.1215/00127094-2010-013zbMATH Open1202.49013arXiv0809.2560OpenAlexW2031347330MaRDI QIDQ968952FDOQ968952

M. Lewin, Enno Lenzmann

Publication date: 11 May 2010

Published in: Duke Mathematical Journal (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We prove the existence of minimizers for Hartree-Fock-Bogoliubov (HFB) energy functionals with attractive two-body interactions given by Newtonian gravity. This class of HFB functionals serves as model problem for self-gravitating relativistic Fermi systems, which are found in neutron stars and white dwarfs. Furthermore, we derive some fundamental properties of HFB minimizers such as a decay estimate for the minimizing density. A decisive feature of the HFB model in gravitational physics is its failure of weak lower semicontinuity. This fact essentially complicates the analysis compared to the well-studied Hartree-Fock theories in atomic physics.


Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0809.2560




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