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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 |
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| Keywords: | Gravitational; Stability; Vortices; Bose-Einstein; Condensate Dark Matter; |
| Academic Unit: | Faculty of Science and Engineering > Theoretical Physics |
| Item ID: | 18661 |
| Identification Number: | 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 |
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| 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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