Gravitational Phase Transition of Heavy Neutrino Matter

Details Gravitational Phase Transition of Heavy Neutrino Matter Gravitational Phase Transition of Heavy Neutrino Matter

1996-07-16

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/9607077v1

Phys.Lett.B408:75-80,1997

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

9 pages incl. 2 postscript figures

Scientific paper

10.1016/S0370-2693(97)00825-3

We study the phase transition of a system of self-gravitating neutrinos in the presence of a large radiation density background in the framework of the Thomas-Fermi model. We show that, by cooling a non-degenerate gas of massive neutrinos below some critical temperature, a condensed phase emerges, consisting of quasi-degenerate supermassive neutrino stars. These compact dark objects could play an important role in structure formation in this universe, as they might in fact provide the seeds for galactic nuclei and quasi-stellar objects.

Affiliated with

Also associated with

No associations

Rating

Gravitational Phase Transition of Heavy Neutrino Matter does not yet have a rating. At this time, there are no reviews or comments for this scientific paper.

If you have personal experience with Gravitational Phase Transition of Heavy Neutrino Matter, we encourage you to share that experience with our LandOfFree.com community. Your opinion is very important and Gravitational Phase Transition of Heavy Neutrino Matter will most certainly appreciate the feedback.

Rate now

Comments { 0 }

Profile ID: LFWR-SCP-O-434556