Constraining scalar field properties with boson stars as black hole mimickers

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2011-08-04

arxiv.org/abs/1108.1208v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics

To appear in the Procceedings of the VIII Workshop of the Gravitation and Mathematical Physics Division of the Mexican Physica

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Constraints to the mass of a scalar field and the strength of its self-interacting coupling constant are obtained. This was done using observations of stellar dynamics at the center of our galaxy and by assuming that the dark compact object responsible of such dynamics is a boson star and not a supermassive black hole. We show that if such scalar field represents a spin-zero particle with cross section high enough to be considered collisional dark matter, there is a region of parameters compatible with both conditions: that the scalar field play the role of collisional dark matter and that it can form objects with the mass and compactness compatible with stellar kinematics.

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