Scalar charges and the first law of black hole thermodynamics

We present a variational formulation of Einstein–Maxwell-dilaton theory in flat spacetime, when the asymptotic value of the scalar field is not fixed. We obtain the boundary terms that make the variational principle well posed and then compute the finite gravitational action and corresponding Brown–...

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Main Authors: Dumitru Astefanesei, Romina Ballesteros, David Choque, Raúl Rojas
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2018-07-01
Series:Physics Letters B
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0370269318303691