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
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Physics Subject Headings (PhySH)
Gravitation, Cosmology & Astrophysics