No hair for spherically symmetric neutral reflecting stars: Nonminimally coupled massive scalar fields
Recent no-hair theorems have revealed the intriguing fact that horizonless stars with compact reflecting surfaces cannot support non-linear matter configurations made of scalar, vector, and tensor fields. In the present paper we extend the regime of validity of these no-hair theorems by explicitly p...
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doaj-ffd1e9c7b55a4ef3a748b7d3c196bc002020-11-24T22:18:56ZengElsevierPhysics Letters B0370-26932017-10-01773208212No hair for spherically symmetric neutral reflecting stars: Nonminimally coupled massive scalar fieldsShahar Hod0The Ruppin Academic Center, Emeq Hefer 40250, Israel; The Hadassah Academic College, Jerusalem 91010, Israel; Correspondence to: The Ruppin Academic Center, Emeq Hefer 40250, Israel.Recent no-hair theorems have revealed the intriguing fact that horizonless stars with compact reflecting surfaces cannot support non-linear matter configurations made of scalar, vector, and tensor fields. In the present paper we extend the regime of validity of these no-hair theorems by explicitly proving that spherically symmetric compact reflecting stars cannot support static configurations made of massive scalar fields with non-minimal coupling to gravity. Interestingly, our no-hair theorem is valid for generic values of the dimensionless field-curvature coupling parameter ξ.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S037026931730655X |
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Recent no-hair theorems have revealed the intriguing fact that horizonless stars with compact reflecting surfaces cannot support non-linear matter configurations made of scalar, vector, and tensor fields. In the present paper we extend the regime of validity of these no-hair theorems by explicitly proving that spherically symmetric compact reflecting stars cannot support static configurations made of massive scalar fields with non-minimal coupling to gravity. Interestingly, our no-hair theorem is valid for generic values of the dimensionless field-curvature coupling parameter ξ. |
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