Einstein gravity coupled to a massless scalar field in arbitrary spacetime dimensions

Journal Article · Sun Oct 15 00:00:00 EDT 1989 · Physical Review (Section) D: Particles and Fields; (USA)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.40.2564· OSTI ID:5285758

Xanthopoulos, B C ^[1]; Zannias, T ^[2]

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1. Department of Physics, University of Crete, Iraklion, Crete, Greece (GR) Research Center of Crete, Iraklion, Crete, Greece
2. Department of Physics, University of Crete, Iraklion, Crete, Greece Department of Physics, Queens University, Kingston, Canada K7L 3N6

We obtain the exact static spherically symmetric solution of the coupled Einstein--massless-scalar-field equations for arbitrary spacetime dimensions. The general solution involves two parameters: it is asymptotically flat and the scalar field tends to zero at spacelike infinity. It exhibits a naked singularity unless the scalar field vanishes when it naturally reduces to the Schwarzschild solution in {ital D} spacetime dimensions.

• OSTI ID: 5285758
• Journal Information: Physical Review (Section) D: Particles and Fields; (USA), Vol. 40:8; ISSN 0556-2821
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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