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Recently, by considering nontrivial couplings between scalar fields and the Gauss-Bonnet invariant, the Schwarzschild black hole may allow regular scalar hairy configurations. The numerical studies of this spontaneous scalarization…

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In the present paper we derive strong constrains on scalarization in scalar-Gauss-Bonnet (sGB) gravity using observations of pulsars in close binary systems. Since scalarized neutron stars carry a nonzero scalar change, they emit scalar…

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The merger remnant of a binary neutron star coalescence is initially strongly differentially rotating. Some properties of these remnants can be accurately modeled through building equilibrium neutron star models. In the present paper, we…

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Binary pulsars are a powerful tool for probing strong gravity that still outperforms direct gravitational wave observations in a number of directions due to the remarkable accuracy of the pulsar timing. They can constrain very precisely the…

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Hybrid neutron stars, the compact objects consisting hadronic matter and strange quark matter, can be considered as the probes for the scalar tensor gravity. In this work, we explore the scalarization of hybrid neutron stars in the scalar…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-10-08 Fahimeh Rahimi , Zeinab Rezaei

Neutron stars (NSs) in scalar-tensor (ST) theories of gravitation can acquire scalar charges and generate distinct spacetimes from those in General Relativity (GR) through the celebrated phenomenon of spontaneous scalarization. Taking on an…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2020-09-30 Rui Xu , Yong Gao , Lijing Shao

Within the framework of scalar-tensor theories of gravity, certain models can evade classical black hole no-hair theorems. A well-known example is Einstein-scalar-Gauss-Bonnet gravity, where black holes carrying a scalar charge can exist.…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-02-04 Lodovico Capuano , Llibert Aresté Saló , Daniela D. Doneva , Stoytcho S. Yazadjiev , Enrico Barausse

A decade ago, it was shown that a wide class of scalar-tensor theories can pass very restrictive weak field tests of gravity and yet exhibit non-perturbative strong field deviations away from General Relativity. This phenomenon was called…

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The spacetime around compact objects is an excellent place to study gravity in the strong, nonlinear, dynamical regime where solar system tests cannot account for the effects of large curvature. Understanding the dynamics of this spacetime…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2019-09-02 Alexander Saffer , Hector O. Silva , Nico Yunes

We study the consistency of Scalar Gauss-Bonnet Gravity, a generalization of General Relativity where black holes can develop non-trivial hair by the action of a coupling $F(\Phi){\cal G}$ between a function of a scalar field and the…

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We study spontaneous scalarization of a scalar field in the magnetized Reissner--Nordstr\"om spacetime induced by parity-violating and parity-preserving interactions, represented by couplings to the electromagnetic Chern--Simons,…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-04-16 Hao-Jie Lin , Tao Zhu , Jing-Fei Zhang , Xin Zhang

Scalar fields coupled to the Gauss-Bonnet invariant can undergo a tachyonic instability, leading to spontaneous scalarization of black holes. Studies of this effect have so far been restricted to single black hole spacetimes. We present the…

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Scalar-tensor~(ST) theories of gravity are natural phenomenological extensions to general relativity. Although these theories are severely constrained both by solar system experiments and by binary pulsar observations, a large set of ST…

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Recent gravitational wave observations include possible detections of black hole - neutron star binary mergers. As with binary black hole mergers, numerical simulations help characterize the sources. For binary systems with neutron star…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-04-16 Bing-Jyun Tsao , Bhavesh Khamesra , Miguel Gracia-Linares , Pablo Laguna

Compact stars in scalar-tensor (ST) gravity have been extensively investigated, but relatively few studies have focused on highly relativistic neutron stars (NSs) with an extremely dense core region where the trace of the energy-momentum…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-11-14 Peixiang Ji , Lijing Shao

We study the evolution of a self interacting scalar field in Einstein-Gauss-Bonnet theory in four dimension where the scalar field couples non minimally with the Gauss-Bonnet term. Considering a polynomial coupling of the scalar field with…

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We study the interaction of massless scalar fields with self-gravitating neutron stars by means of fully dynamic numerical simulations of the Einstein-Klein-Gordon perfect fluid system. Our investigation is restricted to spherical symmetry…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-11-07 Florian Siebel , Jose A. Font , Philippos Papadopoulos

In this work, we present a new type of scalar clouds supported by spherically symmetric horizonless compact objects in the scalar-Gauss-Bonnet theory. Unlike the previous spontaneous scalarization that is triggered by the tachyonic…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-04-21 Shao-Jun Zhang

The spectrum of oscillating compact objects can be considerably altered in alternative theories of gravity. In particular, it may be enriched by modes with no counterpart in general relativity, tied to the dynamics of additional degrees of…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2022-01-21 Raissa F. P. Mendes , Néstor Ortiz , Nikolaos Stergioulas

We investigate the properties of neutron stars when a massive scalar field, which could comprise all dark matter, is non-minimally coupled to the Ricci scalar. This coupling generates additional contributions to the field's effective mass,…

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