Boson stars, neutron stars and black holes in five dimensions

TL;DR

This paper explores various gravitating compact objects in five-dimensional spacetime, including boson stars, black holes, and fluid solutions, analyzing their properties, angular momentum, and effects of a cosmological constant, highlighting differences from four-dimensional cases.

Contribution

It provides a comprehensive analysis of five-dimensional gravitating solutions, emphasizing their properties, angular momentum, and the impact of a cosmological constant, extending known four-dimensional models.

Findings

Common features between boson and neutron stars in 5D

Qualitative differences in gravitational interactions between 4D and 5D

Influence of cosmological constant on solution patterns

Abstract

Different types of gravitating compact objects occuring in d=5 space-time are considered: boson stars, hairy black holes and perfect fluid solutions. All these solutions of the Einstein equations coupled to matter have well established counterparts in d=4; in particular neutron stars can be modell{\S}ed more or less realistically by a perfect fluid. A special emphasis is set on the possibility -and/or the necessity- for these solutions to have an intrinsic angular momentum or spin. The influence of a cosmological constant on their pattern is also studied. Several physical properties are presented from which common features to boson and neutron stars clearly emerge. We finally point out qualitative differences of the gravitational interaction supporting these classical lumps between four and five dimensions.