boson star
English
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Etymology
[edit]From boson + star (“celestial body”). From being an astronomical object composed of mostly bosons, not a star or stellar remnant in the usual sense.
Noun
[edit]boson star (plural boson stars)
- (astrophysics) A theoretical type of heavenly body composed of a form of boson that is self-repelling, what should be highly dense and bend spacetime in a manner approaching that of a black hole.
Usage notes
[edit]This "star" is just an object in space, and not a 'star' that has or once had a fusion core, shining in the sky. The use of "star" is in its sense of an object in the sky.
Hypernyms
[edit]- dark matter star (theoretical bosons that would compose a boson star are dark matter candidates)
- dark matter (boson stars are candidate dark matter particles)
Hyponyms
[edit]- axion star (axions are a theoretical boson that may conform to the requirements needed for bosonic components of a boson star)