boson star
English
Etymology
boson + star (“celestial body”).From being an astronomical object composed of mostly bosons, not a star or stellar remnant in the usual sense.
Noun
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
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
- 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
- axion star (axions are a theoretical boson that may conform to the requirements needed for bosonic components of a boson star)
Anagrams
- Boonstras