Galileons and naked singularities

Thomas L. Curtright

doi:10.1016/j.physletb.2012.08.047

Galileons and naked singularities

Thomas L. Curtright

Physics

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Abstract

A simple trace-coupled Galileon model is shown to admit spherically symmetric static solutions with naked spacetime curvature singularities.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	366-369
Number of pages	4
Journal	Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics
Volume	716
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2012.08.047
State	Published - Sep 19 2012

Keywords

Cosmic censorship
Dark energy
Dark matter
Duality
Galileon
Geon
Inflation
Naked singularity

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Nuclear and High Energy Physics

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