4D Einstein-Gauss-Bonnet gravity: Massless particles and absorption of planar spin-0 waves

We investigate the absorption cross section of planar scalar massless waves impinging on spherically symmetric black holes which are solutions of the novel 4D Einstein-Gauss-Bonnet theory of gravity. Besides the mass of the black hole, the solution depends also on the Gauss-Bonnet constant coupling....

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Main Authors: Haroldo C.D. Lima Junior, Carolina L. Benone, Luís C.B. Crispino
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-12-01
Series:Physics Letters B
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0370269320307243
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Summary:We investigate the absorption cross section of planar scalar massless waves impinging on spherically symmetric black holes which are solutions of the novel 4D Einstein-Gauss-Bonnet theory of gravity. Besides the mass of the black hole, the solution depends also on the Gauss-Bonnet constant coupling. Using the partial waves approach, we show that the absorption cross section depends on the Gauss-Bonnet coupling constant. Our numerical results present excellent agreement with the low- and high-frequency approximations, including the so-called sinc approximation.
ISSN:0370-2693