Spontaneous scalarization of black holes and compact stars from a Gauss-Bonnet coupling

We identify a class of scalar-tensor theories with coupling between the scalar and the Gauss–Bonnet invariant that exhibit spontaneous scalarization for both black holes and compact stars. In particular, these theories formally admit all of the stationary solutions of general relativity, but these a...

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Main Authors: Silva, Hector O., Sakstein, Jeremy, Gualtieri, Leonardo, Sotiriou, Thomas P., Berti, Emanuele
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Physical Society 2018
Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/51109/