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We construct in the context of the AdS/CFT correspondence degenerate composite operators in the conformal field theory that are holographically dual to degenerate stars in anti de Sitter space. We calculate the effect of the gravitational back-reaction using the Tolman-Oppenheimer-Volkoff equations, and determine the ”Chandrasekhar limit” beyond which the star undergoes gravitational collapse towards a black hole.
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de Boer, J., Papadodimas, K. & Verlinde, E. Holographic neutron stars. J. High Energ. Phys. 2010, 20 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP10(2010)020
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