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Title: Ponderable soliton stars

Journal Article · · Astrophysical Journal; (USA)
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1086/169460· OSTI ID:5995874
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  1. NASA, Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD (USA)

The theory of Lee and Pang (1987), who obtained solutions for soliton stars composed of zero-temperature fermions and bosons, is applied here to quark soliton stars. Model soliton stars based on a simple physical model of the proton are computed, and the properties of the solitons are discussed, including the important problem of the existence of a limiting mass and thus the possible formation of black holes of primordial origin. It is shown that there is a definite mass limit for ponderable soliton stars, so that during cooling a soliton star might reach a stage beyond which no equilibrium configuration exists and the soliton star probably will collapse to become a black hole. The radiation of ponderable soliton stars may alter the short-wavelength character of the cosmic background radiation, and may be observed as highly redshifted objects at z of about 100,000. 16 refs.

OSTI ID:
5995874
Journal Information:
Astrophysical Journal; (USA), Vol. 365; ISSN 0004-637X
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English