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In a recent paper, Hod started a study on no scalar hair theorem for asymptotically flat spherically symmetric neutral horizonless reflecting compact stars. In fact, Hod's approach only rules out massive scalar fields. In the present paper,…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2019-10-21 Yan Peng

Quantum fields in compact stars can be amplified due to a semiclassical instability. This generic feature of scalar fields coupled to curvature may affect the birth and the equilibrium structure of relativistic stars. We point out that the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2011-04-22 Paolo Pani , Vitor Cardoso , Emanuele Berti , Jocelyn Read , Marcelo Salgado

It has been previously shown that a Gauss-Bonnet term non-minimally coupled to a scalar field produces a scalarised black hole solution, which can be considered as having secondary scalar hair, parametrised in terms of the black hole's mass…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2022-05-18 Callum L Hunter , Douglas J Smith

We study the structure of neutron stars in scalar-tensor theories for the nonminimal coupling of the form $(1+\kappa \xi \phi^{2})\cal R$. We solve the hydrostatic equilibrium equations for two different types of scalar field potentials and…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2019-04-02 A. Savaş Arapoğlu , K. Yavuz Ekşi , A. Emrah Yükselci

We study the existence and structure of static and slowly rotating neutron stars (NSs) in a particular truncation of scalar torsion theory with a scalar field $ \phi $ non-minimally coupled to the torsion scalar, and a potential of the form…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-12-31 Youcef Kehal , Khireddine Nouicer , Hamza Boumaza

A numerical analysis shows that a class of scalar-tensor theories of gravity with a scalar field minimally and nonminimally coupled to the curvature allows static and spherically symmetric black hole solutions with scalar-field hair in…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-11-10 Ulises Nucamendi , Marcelo Salgado

In this paper we study the properties of black holes and scalarons in Einstein gravity when it is minimally coupled to a scalar field $\phi$ with an asymmetric potential $V(\phi)$, constructed in [Phys. Rev. D \textbf{73} (2006), 084002] a…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2022-10-05 Xiao Yan Chew , Dong-han Yeom , Jose Luis Blázquez-Salcedo

We study the linear stability of spontaneously scalarized black holes (BHs) induced by a scalar field $\phi$ coupled to a Gauss-Bonnet (GB) invariant $R_{\rm GB}^2$. For the scalar-GB coupling $\xi(\phi)=(\eta/8) (\phi^2+\alpha \phi^4)$,…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-05-21 Masato Minamitsuji , Shinji Mukohyama , Shinji Tsujikawa

We investigate the linear stability of scalarized black holes (BHs) and neutron stars (NSs) in the Einstein-scalar-Gauss-Bonnet (GB) theories against the odd- and even-parity perturbations including the higher multipole modes. We show that…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-07-26 Masato Minamitsuji , Shinji Mukohyama

It has recently been demonstrated that asymptotically flat neutral reflecting stars are characterized by an intriguing no-hair property. In particular, it has been proved that these {\it horizonless} compact objects cannot support spatially…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2018-07-25 Shahar Hod

In the broad subclass of Horndeski theories with a luminal speed of gravitational waves, we derive gravitational waveforms emitted from a compact binary by considering the wave propagation on a spatially flat cosmological background. A…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2023-08-21 Miguel Quartin , Shinji Tsujikawa , Luca Amendola , Riccardo Sturani

We analyze spherical and odd-parity linear perturbations of hairy black holes with a minimally coupled scalar field.

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2016-02-04 Andres Anabalon , Jiří Bičák

We investigate the dynamical behavior of a scalar field non-minimally coupled to Einstein's tensor and Ricci scalar in geometries of asymptotically de Sitter spacetimes. We show that the quasinormal modes remain unaffected if the scalar…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2019-04-25 R. D. B. Fontana , Jeferson de Oliveira , A. B. Pavan

Scalar-tensor theories of gravity where a new scalar degree of freedom couples to the Gauss-Bonnet invariant can exhibit the phenomenon of spontaneous black hole scalarization. These theories admit both the classic black holes predicted by…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2019-03-27 Hector O. Silva , Caio F. B. Macedo , Thomas P. Sotiriou , Leonardo Gualtieri , Jeremy Sakstein , Emanuele Berti

In four-dimensional scalar-tensor theories derived via dimensional regularization with a conformal rescaling of the metric, we study the stability of planar black holes (BHs) whose horizons are described by two-dimensional compact Einstein…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-10-02 Antonio De Felice , Shinji Tsujikawa

We study neutron star configurations in a teleparallel gravity model featuring a scalar field coupled to both matter and torsion. In the Einstein frame, the theory includes a derivative coupling between the scalar field and the torsion…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-03-25 Youcef Kehal , Khireddine Nouicer

We study static and spherically symmetric charged stars with a nontrivial profile of the scalar field $\phi$ in Einstein-Maxwell-scalar theories. The scalar field is coupled to a $U(1)$ gauge field $A_{\mu}$ with the form…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2022-08-02 Masato Minamitsuji , Shinji Tsujikawa

We construct two solutions of the minimally coupled Einstein-scalar field equations, representing regular deformations of Schwarzschild black holes by a self-interacting, static, scalar field. One solution features an exponentially decaying…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-10-28 Helge Dennhardt , Olaf Lechtenfeld

We study linear perturbations on top of the static and spherically symmetric background of dyonic black hole solutions endowed with electric and magnetic charges, as well as a scalar hair, in the lowest-order $U(1)$ gauge-invariant…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-12-15 Kitaro Taniguchi , Shunta Nishimura , Naoki Tsukamoto , Ryotaro Kase

This research paper examines the feasibility and stability of compact stars in the context of $f(\mathcal{Q})$ theory, where $\mathcal{Q}$ represents the non-metricity scalar. To achieve this objective, a static spherical line element is…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-10-23 Shamaila Rani , Muhammad Adeel , M. Zeeshan Gul , Abdul Jawad