Are black holes a serious threat to scalar field dark matter models?


Por: Barranco J., Bernal A., Degollado J.C., Diez-Tejedor A., Megevand M., Alcubierre M., Nunez, D, Sarbach O.

Publicada: 21 oct 2011
Categoría: Nuclear and High Energy Physics

Resumen:
Classical scalar fields have been proposed as possible candidates for the dark matter component of the universe. Given the fact that supermassive black holes seem to exist at the center of most galaxies, in order to be a viable candidate for the dark matter halo a scalar field configuration should be stable in the presence of a central black hole, or at least be able to survive for cosmological time scales. In the present work we consider a scalar field as a test field on a Schwarzschild background, and study under which conditions one can obtain long-lived configurations. We present a detailed study of the Klein-Gordon equation in the Schwarzschild space-time, both from an analytical and numerical point of view, and show that indeed there exist quasistationary solutions that can remain surrounding a black hole for large time scales.

Filiaciones:
Barranco J.:
 Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Inst Astron, Circuito Exterior CU, Mexico City 04510, DF, Mexico

Bernal A.:
 Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Inst Ciencias Nucl, Circuito Exterior CU, Mexico City 04510, DF, Mexico

Degollado J.C.:
 Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Inst Astron, Circuito Exterior CU, Mexico City 04510, DF, Mexico

Diez-Tejedor A.:
 Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Inst Ciencias Nucl, Circuito Exterior CU, Mexico City 04510, DF, Mexico

Megevand M.:
 Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Inst Ciencias Nucl, Circuito Exterior CU, Mexico City 04510, DF, Mexico

Alcubierre M.:
 Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Inst Ciencias Nucl, Circuito Exterior CU, Mexico City 04510, DF, Mexico

Nunez, D:
 Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Inst Ciencias Nucl, Circuito Exterior CU, Mexico City 04510, DF, Mexico

Sarbach O.:
 Instituto de Física y Matemáticas, Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo, Edificio C-3, Ciudad Universitaria, 58040 Morelia, Michoacán, Mexico
ISSN: 15507998
Editorial
AMER PHYSICAL SOC, ONE PHYSICS ELLIPSE, COLLEGE PK, MD 20740-3844 USA, Estados Unidos America
Tipo de documento: Article
Volumen: 84 Número: 8
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WOS Id: 000296888800001
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