Neutron star scalarization with Gauss-Bonnet and Ricci scalar couplings

Ventagli, Giulia; Antoniou, Georgios; Lehébel, Antoine; Sotiriou, Thomas P.

Abstract

Spontaneous scalarization of neutron stars has been extensively studied in the Damour and Esposito-Farèse model, in which a scalar field couples to the Ricci scalar or, equivalently, to the trace of the energy-momentum tensor. However, scalarization of both black holes and neutron stars may also be triggered by a coupling of the scalar field to the Gauss-Bonnet invariant. The case of the Gauss-Bonnet coupling has also received a lot of attention lately, but the synergy of the Ricci and Gauss-Bonnet couplings has been overlooked for neutron stars. Here, we show that combining both couplings has interesting effects on the properties of scalarized neutron stars, such as affecting their domain of existence or the amount of scalar charge they carry.

Citation

Ventagli, G., Antoniou, G., Lehébel, A., & Sotiriou, T. P. (2021). Neutron star scalarization with Gauss-Bonnet and Ricci scalar couplings. Physical Review D, 104(12), Article 124078. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.104.124078

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Dec 10, 2021
• Online Publication Date: Dec 28, 2021
• Publication Date: Dec 15, 2021
• Deposit Date: Jan 5, 2022
• Publicly Available Date: Jan 6, 2022
• Journal: Physical Review D
• Print ISSN: 2470-0010
• Electronic ISSN: 2470-0029
• Publisher: American Physical Society
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 104
• Issue: 12
• Article Number: 124078
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.104.124078
• Public URL: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/7167108
• Publisher URL: https://journals.aps.org/prd/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevD.104.124078