Heavy neutrino matter at finite temperature

We study, for a system of massive fermions which interact only gravitationally, the phase transition that is associated with gravitational collapse. It is shown that by cooling a non-degenerate gas of massive neutrinos below some critical temperature, a condensed phase emerges, consisting of quasi-degenerate super-massive neutrino stars. These compact dark objects could play an important role in structure formation in this universe, as they might in fact provide the seeds for galactic nuclei and quasi-stellar objects.

Grantor dc:publisher.institution

Department of Physics

Year dc:date.issued

1998

Author dc:creator

• Joubert, Charles Erasmus

Language dc:language.iso

eng

Handle dc:identifier.uri

http://hdl.handle.net/11427/17189

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/17189