Exploring the small mass limit of stationary black holes in theories with Gauss–Bonnet terms
Exploring the small mass limit of stationary black holes in theories with Gauss–Bonnet terms
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用高斯-邦内项理论探索静止黑洞的小质量极限
DOI:
10.1088/1361-6382/aca010
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发表时间:
2022
影响因子:
3.5
通讯作者:
J. F. Delgado
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作者:
Pedro G S Fernandes;D. Mulryne;J. F. Delgado
In this work we examine the small mass limit of black holes (BHs), with and without spin, in theories where a scalar field is non-minimally coupled to a Gauss–Bonnet (GB) term. First, we provide an analytical example for a theory where a static closed-form solution with a small mass limit is known, and later use analytical and numerical techniques to explore this limit in standard scalar-GB theories with dilatonic, linear and quadratic-exponential couplings. In most cases studied here, we find an inner singularity that overlaps with the event horizon of the static BH as the small mass limit is reached. Moreover, since solutions in this limit possess a non-vanishing Hawking temperature, a naked singularity is expected to be reached through evaporation, raising questions concerning the consistency of these theories altogether. On the other hand, we provide for the first time in this context an example of a coupling where the small mass limit is never reached, thus preferred from the point of view of cosmic censorship. Finally, we consider BHs with spin and numerically investigate how this changes the picture, using these to place the tightest upper bounds to date on the coupling constant for the dilatonic and linear theories, with α‾<1 km.