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Black Holes and Scalar Fields

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2015-10-21 v1 High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena High Energy Physics - Theory

Abstract

No-hair theorems in theories of gravity with a scalar field are briefly and critically reviewed. Their significance and limitations are discussed and potential evasions are considered.

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@article{arxiv.1505.00248,
  title  = {Black Holes and Scalar Fields},
  author = {Thomas P. Sotiriou},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1505.00248},
  year   = {2015}
}

Comments

16 pages, contribution to the Classical and Quantum Gravity Focus Issue "Black holes and fundamental fields"

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