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

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2020-11-30 v1

Abstract

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.

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@article{arxiv.2011.13446,
  title  = {4D Einstein-Gauss-Bonnet gravity: Massless particles and absorption of planar spin-0 waves},
  author = {Haroldo C. D. Lima Junior and Carolina L. Benone and Luís C. B. Crispino},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2011.13446},
  year   = {2020}
}

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Published in Physics Letters B