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arxiv: 1706.04989 · v2 · pith:UMRJAPW5new · submitted 2017-06-15 · 🌀 gr-qc · hep-th

A no-hair theorem for stars in Horndeski theories

classification 🌀 gr-qc hep-th
keywords horndeskino-hairprovescalarsphericallystarsstaticsymmetric
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We consider a generic scalar-tensor theory involving a shift-symmetric scalar field and minimally coupled matter fields. We prove that the Noether current associated with shift-symmetry vanishes in regular, spherically symmetric and static spacetimes. We use this fact to prove the absence of scalar hair for spherically symmetric and static stars in Horndeski and beyond theories. We carefully detail the validity of this no-hair theorem.

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