We use a direct numerical integration of the Vlasov equation in spherical symmetry with a background gravitational potential to determine the evolution of a collection of particles in different models of a galactic halo. Such a collection is assumed to represent a dark matter inhomogeneity which reaches a stationary state determined by the virialization of the system. We describe some features of the stationary states and, by using several halo models, obtain distinctive signatures for the evolution of the inhomogeneities in each of the models.

We study the critical collapse of a massive complex scalar field coupled minimally to gravity. Taking as initial data a simple gaussian pulse with a shape similar to the harmonic ansatz for boson stars, we obtain critical collapse of type type I and II when varying the gaussian width σ. For σ ≤ 0.5 we find collapse of type II with a critical exponent γ = 0.38 ± 0.01 and an echoing period ∆ = 3.4 ± 0.1. These values are very similar to the known results for a real massless scalar field. On the other hand, for σ ≥ 2.5 we obtain collapse of type I. In this case we find that the critical solutions turn out to be an unstable boson stars in the ground state: all the data obtained from our simulations can be contrasted with the characteristic values for unstable boson stars and their corresponding Lyapunov exponents.

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