Gravity- and temperature-driven phase transitions in a model for collapsed axionic condensates

Abstract

We show how to use the cubic-quintic Gross-Pitaevskii-Poisson equation (cq-GPPE) and the cubic-quintic Stochastic Ginzburg-Landau-Poisson equation (cq-SGLPE) to investigate the gravitational collapse of a tenuous axionic gas into a collapsed axionic condensate for both zero and finite temperature $T$. At $T=0$, we use a Gaussian Ansatz for a spherically symmetric density to obtain parameter regimes in which we might expect to find compact axionic condensates. We then go beyond this Ansatz, by using the cq-SGLPE to investigate the dependence of the axionic condensate on the gravitational strength $G$ at $T=0$. We demonstrate that, as $G$ increases, the equilibrium configuration goes from a tenuous axionic gas, to flat sheets or $\text{Zeldovich pancakes}$, cylindrical structures, and finally a spherical axionic condensate. By varying $G$, we show that there are first-order phase transitions, as the system goes from one of these structures to the next one; we find hysteresis loops that are associated with these transitions. We examine these states and the transitions between these states via the Fourier truncated cq-GPPE; and we also obtain the thermalized $T>0$ states from the cq-SGLPE; the transitions between these states yield thermally driven first-order phase transitions and their associated hysteresis loops. Finally, we discuss how our cq-GPPE approach can be used to follow the spatiotemporal evolution of a rotating axionic condensate and also a rotating binary-axionic-condensate system; in particular, we demonstrate, in the former, the emergence of vortices at large angular speeds $\Omega$ and, in the latter, the rich dynamics of the mergers of the components of this binary system, which can yield vortices in the process of merging.

13 pages, 8 figures

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