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Gravitational Higgs Mechanism in Neutron Star Interiors

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arxiv 1606.03981 v1 pith:MRTD64TZ submitted 2016-06-13 gr-qc astro-ph.HEhep-th

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keywords gravitationalinteriorsscalarachievedbrieflyconcreteconsidercoupled
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We suggest that nonminimally coupled scalar fields can lead to modifications of the microphysics in the interiors of relativistic stars. As a concrete example, we consider the generation of a non-zero photon mass in such high-density environments. This is achieved by means of a light gravitational scalar, and the scalarization phase transition in scalar-tensor theories of gravitation. Two distinct models are presented, and phenomenological implications are briefly discussed.

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