Boson stars: Alternatives to primordial black holes?

Nuclear Physics B

Volumn 564, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 185-203

  Mielke, Eckehard W ^a   Schunck, Franz E ^b  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE QUÍMICA   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Axions; Boson stars; Dark matter; Effective string models; MACHOs

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034598224     PISSN: 05503213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0550-3213(99)00492-7     Document Type: Article

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