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Spherically Symmetric Analytic Solutions and Naked Singularities in Einstein-Aether Theory

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2021-04-16 v3

Abstract

In the present work we analyze all the possible spherically symmetric exterior vacuum solutions allowed by the Einstein-Aether theory with static aether. We show that there are four classes of solutions corresponding to different values of a combination of the free parameters, c14=c1+c4c_{14}=c_1+c_4, which are: 0<c14<2 0 < c_{14}<2, c14<0c_{14} < 0, c14=2c_{14}=2 and c14=0c_{14}=0. We present explicit analytical solutions for c14=3/2,16/9,48/25,16,2c_{14}=3/2, 16/9, 48/25, -16, 2 and 00. The first case has some pathological behavior, while the rest have all singularities at r=0r=0 and are asymptotically flat spacetimes. For the solutions c14=16/9,48/25and16c_{14}=16/9, 48/25\, \mathrm{\, and \,}\, -16 we show that there exist no horizons, neither Killing nor universal horizon, thus we have naked singularities. Finally, the solution for c14=2c_{14}=2 has a metric component as an arbitrary function of radial coordinate, when it is chosen to be the same as in the Schwarzschild case, we have a physical singularity at finite radius, besides the one at r=0r=0. This characteristic is completely different from General Relativity.

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@article{arxiv.2003.00227,
  title  = {Spherically Symmetric Analytic Solutions and Naked Singularities in Einstein-Aether Theory},
  author = {R. Chan and M. F. A. da Silva and V. H. Satheeshkumar},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2003.00227},
  year   = {2021}
}

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21 pages and 9 figures

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