We perform fully non-linear numerical simulations within the spherically symmetric Einstein-(complex)Proca system. Starting with Proca field distributions that obey the Hamiltonian, momentum and Gaussian constraints, we show that the self-gravity of the system induces the formation of compact objects, which, for appropriate initial conditions, asymptotically approach stationary soliton-like solutions known as Proca stars. The excess energy of the system is dissipated by the mechanism of \textit{gravitational cooling} in analogy to what occurs in the dynamical formation of scalar boson stars. We investigate the dependence of this process on the phase difference between the real and imaginary parts of the Proca field, as well as on their relative amplitudes. Within the timescales probed by our numerical simulations the process is qualitatively insensitive to either choice: the phase difference and the amplitude ratio are conserved during the evolution. Thus, whereas a truly stationary object is expected to be approached only in the particular case of equal amplitudes and opposite phases, quasi-stationary compact solitonic objects are, nevertheless, formed in the general case.
Relativistic and Newtonian Proca Stars: A Tale of Two Limits
Universidad de Guanajuato(瓜纳华托大学);Universidade de Aveiro(阿威罗大学);Centre for Research and Development in Mathematics and Applications (CIDMA)(数学与应用研发中心 (CIDMA));Universidade Federal do Pará(帕拉联邦大学);Universitat de València(瓦伦西亚大学);Universidad Autónoma de Zacatecas(萨卡特卡斯自治大学);Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo(圣埃斯皮里图联邦大学)
Instituto de Física y Matemáticas, Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo(米却肯自治大学圣尼古拉斯德伊达尔戈物理与数学研究所);Departamento de Física, División de Ciencias e Ingenierías, Campus León, Universidad de Guanajuato(瓜纳华托大学莱昂校区科学工程分院物理系);Unidad Académica de Física, Universidad Autónoma de Zacatecas(萨卡特卡斯自治大学物理学学术单元)
Twinkle twinkle dark star: Oscillating profiles from dark matter scalar solitons
Universidade Federal do Pará(帕拉联邦大学);Faculdade de Engenharia, Universidade do Porto(波尔图大学工程学院);CENTRA, Departamento de Fésica, Instituto Superior Técnico-IST, Universidade de Lisboa-UL(里斯本大学高等理工学院物理系与理论物理与复杂系统研究中心);Departamento de Física Teórica and IPARCOS, Universidad Complutense de Madrid(马德里康普顿斯大学理论物理系与IPARCOS研究中心);Institute of Physics, University of Tartu(塔尔图大学物理研究所)