Particlelike Distributions of the Higgs Field Nonminimally Coupled to Gravity

André Füzfa, Massimiliano Rinaldi, and Sandrine Schlögel
Phys. Rev. Lett. 111, 121103 – Published 17 September 2013

Abstract

When the Higgs field is nonminimally coupled to gravity, there exists a family of spherically symmetric particlelike solutions to the field equations. These monopoles are the only globally regular and asymptotically flat distributions with finite energy of the Higgs field around compact objects. Moreover, spontaneous scalarization is strongly amplified for specific values of their mass and compactness.

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  • Received 24 May 2013

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.111.121103

© 2013 American Physical Society

Authors & Affiliations

André Füzfa*, Massimiliano Rinaldi, and Sandrine Schlögel

  • Namur Center for Complex Systems (naXys), University of Namur, Rue de Bruxelles 61, B-5000 Namur, Belgium

  • *andre.fuzfa@unamur.be
  • massimiliano.rinaldi@unamur.be
  • sandrine.schlogel@unamur.be

See Also

Particlelike solutions in modified gravity: The Higgs monopole

Sandrine Schlögel, Massimiliano Rinaldi, François Staelens, and André Füzfa
Phys. Rev. D 90, 044056 (2014)

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Vol. 111, Iss. 12 — 20 September 2013

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