Revisiting the analogue of the Jebsen-Birkhoff theorem in Brans-Dicke gravity

Valerio Faraoni, Fayçal Hammad, Adriana M. Cardini, and Thomas Gobeil
Phys. Rev. D 97, 084033 – Published 17 April 2018

Abstract

We report the explicit form of the general static, spherically symmetric, and asymptotically flat solution of vacuum Brans-Dicke gravity in the Jordan frame, assuming that the Brans-Dicke scalar field has no singularities or zeros (except possibly for a central singularity). This general solution is conformal to the Fisher-Wyman geometry of Einstein theory and its nature depends on a scalar charge parameter. Apart from the Schwarzschild black hole, only wormhole throats and central naked singularities are possible.

  • Received 16 January 2018

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.97.084033

© 2018 American Physical Society

Physics Subject Headings (PhySH)

Gravitation, Cosmology & Astrophysics

Authors & Affiliations

Valerio Faraoni1,*, Fayçal Hammad1,2,†, Adriana M. Cardini3,‡, and Thomas Gobeil4,3,§

  • 1Department of Physics and Astronomy and STAR Research Cluster, Bishop’s University, 2600 College Street, Sherbrooke, Québec J1M 1Z7, Canada
  • 2Physics Department, Champlain College-Lennoxville, 2580 College Street, Sherbrooke, Québec J1M 0C8, Canada
  • 3Department of Physics and Astronomy, Bishop’s University, 2600 College Street, Sherbrooke, Québec J1M 1Z7, Canada
  • 4Department of Physics, Université de Sherbrooke, 2500 Boulevard de l’Université, Sherbrooke, Québec J1K 2R1, Canada

  • *vfaraoni@ubishops.ca
  • fhammad@ubishops.ca
  • a.marina.cardini@gmail.com
  • §Thomas.Gobeil@usherbrooke.ca

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Vol. 97, Iss. 8 — 15 April 2018

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