Spherically symmetric false vacuum: no-go theorems and global structure

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2001-04-27

arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/0104092v1

Phys.Rev. D64 (2001) 064013

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology

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Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevD.64.064013

We enumerate all possible types of spacetime causal structures that can appear in static, spherically symmetric configurations of a self-gravitating, real, nonlinear, minimally coupled scalar field \phi in general relativity, with an arbitrary potential V(\phi), not necessarily positive-definite. It is shown that a variable scalar field adds nothing to the list of possible structures with a constant \phi field, namely, Minkowski (or AdS), Schwarzschild, de Sitter and Schwarzschild - de Sitter. It follows, in particular, that, whatever is V(\phi), this theory does not admit regular black holes with flat or AdS asymptotics. It is concluded that the only possible globally regular, asymptotically flat solutions are solitons with a regular center, without horizons and with at least partly negative potentials V(\phi). Extension of the results to more general field models is discussed.

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