Modeling scalar fields consistent with positive mass
Modeling scalar fields consistent with positive mass
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DOI:
10.1103/physrevd.89.023011
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发表时间:
2013-10
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5
通讯作者:
Masato Nozawa;T. Shiromizu
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作者:
Masato Nozawa;T. Shiromizu
This paper explores the conditions under which modified gravitational theories admit positive mass. Following Witten's spinor argument, it is argued that a single condition should be imposed upon a gauge connection in the supercovariant derivative. Under this condition, we present a simple formula for the divergence of the Nester tensor in Einstein's gravity with a general source. Applying this prescription to the Einstein-scalar system, we find that for a certain class of the gauge connection, a special kind of noncanonical scalar-field theory admits the positivity property in addition to the ordinary canonical scalar-field system. In both cases, the scalar potential can be written in terms of a superpotential. In the noncanonical case, we obtain the most general Bogomol'nyi-Prasad-Sommerfield solutions which preserve at least half of the supersymmetry.