https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-023-11731-4
Regular Article - Theoretical Physics
Axion stars in MGD background
1
Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia, Università di Bologna, Via Irnerio 46, 40126, Bologna, Italy
2
I.N.F.N., Sezione di Bologna, I.S. FLAG, Viale B. Pichat 6/2, 40127, Bologna, Italy
3
Center of Mathematics, Federal University of ABC, 09210-580, Santo André, Brazil
Received:
26
May
2023
Accepted:
16
June
2023
Published online:
26
June
2023
The minimal geometric deformation (MGD) paradigm is here employed to survey axion stars on fluid branes. The finite value of the brane tension provides beyond-general relativity corrections to the density, compactness, radius, and asymptotic limit of the gravitational mass function of axion stars, in a MGD background. The brane tension also enhances the effective range and magnitude of the axion field coupled to gravity. MGD axion stars are compatible to mini-massive compact halo objects for almost all the observational range of brane tension, however, a narrow range allows MGD axion star densities large enough to produce stimulated decays of the axion to photons, with no analogy in the general-relativistic (GR) limit. Besides, the gravitational mass and the density of MGD axion stars are shown to be up to four orders of magnitude larger than the GR axion stars, being also less sensitive to tidal disruption events under collision with neutron stars, for lower values of the fluid brane tension.
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