Brook, Mark N and Coles, Peter (2022) Gravitational Stability of Vortices in Bose-Einstein Condensate Dark Matter. The Open Journal of Astrophysics, 5 (1). pp. 1-12. ISSN 2565-6120

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Abstract

We investigate a simple model for a galactic halo under the assumption that it is dominated by a dark matter component in the form of a Bose-Einstein condensate involving an ultra-light scalar particle. In particular we discuss the possibility if the dark matter is in superfluid state then a rotating galactic halo might contain quantised vortices which would be low-energy analogues of cosmic strings. Using known solutions for the density profiles of such vortices we compute the self-gravitational interactions in such halos and place bounds on the parameters describing such models, such as the mass of the particles involved.

Item Type:	Article
Keywords:	Gravitational; Stability; Vortices; Bose-Einstein; Condensate Dark Matter;
Academic Unit:	Faculty of Science and Engineering > Theoretical Physics
Item ID:	18661
Identification Number:	https://doi.org/10.21105/astro.0902.0605
Depositing User:	Peter Coles
Date Deposited:	18 Jun 2024 10:39
Journal or Publication Title:	The Open Journal of Astrophysics
Publisher:	Maynooth Academic Publishing
Refereed:	Yes
URI:	Publisher
Use Licence:	This item is available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike Licence (CC BY-NC-SA). Details of this licence are available here

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