Compact objects in Horndeski gravity
Abstract
Horndeski gravity holds a special position as the most general extension of Einstein's theory of general relativity with a single scalar degree of freedom and second-order field equations. Because of these features, Horndeski gravity is an attractive phenomenological playground to investigate the consequences of modifications of general relativity in cosmology and astrophysics. We present a review of the progress made so far in the study of compact objects (black holes and neutron stars) within Horndeski gravity. In particular, we review our recent work on slowly rotating black holes and present some new results on slowly rotating neutron stars.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1602.05997,
title = {Compact objects in Horndeski gravity},
author = {Hector O. Silva and Andrea Maselli and Masato Minamitsuji and Emanuele Berti},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1602.05997},
year = {2016}
}
Comments
Part of a Special Issue of IJMPD on Selected Papers of the III Amazonian Symposium on Physics (Eds. C. Herdeiro, E. Berti, V. Cardoso, L. C. Crispino, L. Gualtieri and U. Sperhake). 10 pages, 2 figures. New references added. Matches published version