Dynamical scalar hair formation around a Schwarzschild black hole

Scalar fields coupled to the Gauss-Bonnet invariant evade the known no-hair theorems and have nontrivial configurations around black holes. We focus on a scalar field that couples linearly to the Gauss-Bonnet invariant and hence exhibits shift symmetry. We study its dynamical evolution and the forma...

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Main Authors: Benkel, Robert, Sotiriou, Thomas P., Witek, Helvi
Format: Article
Published: American Physical Society 2016
Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/40879/