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Black holes and neutron stars in the generalized tensor-vector-scalar theory

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena 2009-10-29 v1 Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology

Abstract

Bekenstein's Tensor-Vector-Scalar (TeVeS) theory has had considerable success as a relativistic theory of Modified Newtonian Dynamics (MoND). However, recent work suggests that the dynamics of the theory are fundamentally flawed and numerous authors have subsequently begun to consider a generalization of TeVeS where the vector field is given by an Einstein-Aether action. Herein, I develop strong-field solutions of the generalized TeVeS theory, in particular exploring neutron stars as well as neutral and charged black holes. I find that the solutions are identical to the neutron star and black hole solutions of the original TeVeS theory, given a mapping between the parameters of the two theories, and hence provide constraints on these values of the coupling constants. I discuss the consequences of these results in detail including the stability of such spacetimes as well as generalizations to more complicated geometries.

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@article{arxiv.0910.0240,
  title  = {Black holes and neutron stars in the generalized tensor-vector-scalar theory},
  author = {Paul D. Lasky},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0910.0240},
  year   = {2009}
}

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Accepted for publication in Physical Review D