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Towards a self-interacting complex scalar field boson-star model

  • Stanley A. Bruce ORCID logo EMAIL logo
Published/Copyright: June 2, 2022
Zeitschrift für Naturforschung A
From the journal Zeitschrift für Naturforschung A Volume 77 Issue 8

Abstract

We propose a simple model intended to address boson stars (BSs) in a theory of self-interacting massive charged scalar fields coupled to the electromagnetic (EM) gauge field and gravity. We first consider standard scalar electrodynamics (SED) in 3 + 1 flat space-time dimensions in which only a complex scalar field and the EM field are present in the Lagrangian of the system. In order to better understand scalar field dynamics in 3 + 1 -dimensions we reduce the space dimensions to 2 and solve a problem consisting of embedded interacting charged scalar particles moving on the polar plane in the presence of certain linear static EM fields. If the 3 + 1 -dimensional system is consistently coupled to gravity, we comment on the possible relevance of this approach to study BS dynamics.

Keywords: boson stars; complex Klein-Gordon fields; gravity theory
Corresponding author: Stanley A. Bruce, Complex Systems Group, Facultad de Ingenieria y Ciencias Aplicadas, Universidad de Los Andes, Santiago, Chile, E-mail:

Funding source: Universidad de los Andes

Award Identifier / Grant number: FAI 12.19

  1. Author contribution: All the authors have accepted responsibility for the entire content of this submitted manuscript and approved submission.

  2. Research funding: This work was supported by Universidad de Los Andes, Santiago, Chile, through grant FAI 12.19.

  3. Conflict of interest statement: The authors declare no conflicts of interest regarding this article.

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Received: 2022-02-03
Revised: 2022-05-01
Accepted: 2022-05-06
Published Online: 2022-06-02
Published in Print: 2022-08-26

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Keywords for this article
boson stars; complex Klein-Gordon fields; gravity theory

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  1. Frontmatter
  2. General
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  7. Solid State Physics & Materials Science
  8. Performance of a tunable photoconductive graphene plasmonic photodetector
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