Dynamical apparent horizons in inhomogeneous Brans-Dicke universes

作者:Faraoni Valerio*; Vitagliano Vincenzo; Sotiriou Thomas P; Liberati Stefano
来源:Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology, 2012, 86(6): 064040.
DOI:10.1103/PhysRevD.86.064040

摘要

The presence and evolution of apparent horizons in a two-parameter family of spherically symmetric, time-dependent solutions of Brans-Dicke gravity are analyzed. These solutions were introduced to model space- and time-varying gravitational couplings and are supposed to represent central objects embedded in a spatially flat universe. We find that the solutions possess multiple evolving apparent horizons, both black hole horizons covering a central singularity and cosmological ones. It is not uncommon for two of these horizons to merge, leaving behind a naked singularity covered only by a cosmological horizon. Two characteristic limits are also explicitly worked out: the limit where the theory reduces to general relativity and the limit where the solutions become static. The physical relevance of this family of solutions is discussed.

  • 出版日期2012-9-25