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Astrophysical black holes in screened modified gravity

Davis, Anne-Christine; Gregory, Ruth; Jha, Rahul; Muir, Jessica

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Authors

Anne-Christine Davis

Ruth Gregory

Rahul Jha

Jessica Muir



Abstract

Chameleon, environmentally dependent dilaton, and symmetron gravity are three models of modified gravity in which the effects of the additional scalar degree of freedom are screened in dense environments. They have been extensively studied in laboratory, cosmological, and astrophysical contexts. In this paper, we present a preliminary investigation into whether additional constraints can be provided by studying these scalar fields around black holes. By looking at the properties of a static, spherically symmetric black hole, we find that the presence of a non-uniform matter distribution induces a non-constant scalar profile in chameleon and dilaton, but not necessarily symmetron gravity. An order of magnitude estimate shows that the effects of these profiles on in-falling test particles will be sub-leading compared to gravitational waves and hence observationally challenging to detect.

Citation

Davis, A., Gregory, R., Jha, R., & Muir, J. (2014). Astrophysical black holes in screened modified gravity. Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics, 2014(08), Article 033. https://doi.org/10.1088/1475-7516/2014/08/033

Journal Article Type Article
Publication Date Aug 14, 2014
Deposit Date Sep 11, 2014
Publicly Available Date Mar 28, 2024
Journal Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics
Publisher IOP Publishing
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 2014
Issue 08
Article Number 033
DOI https://doi.org/10.1088/1475-7516/2014/08/033

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© 2014 IOP Publishing Ltd. This is an author-created, un-copyedited version of an article accepted for publication in Journal of cosmology and astroparticle physics. IOP Publishing Ltd is not responsible for any errors or omissions in this version of the manuscript or any version derived from it. The Version of Record is available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1475-7516/2014/08/033.





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