Non-perturbative spinning black holes in dynamical Chern–Simons gravity

Spinning black holes in dynamical Einstein–Chern–Simons gravity are constructed by directly solving the field equations, without resorting to any perturbative expansion. This model is obtained by adding to the Einstein–Hilbert action a particular higher-curvature correction: the Pontryagin density,...

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Main Authors: Terence Delsate, Carlos Herdeiro, Eugen Radu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2018-12-01
Series:Physics Letters B
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0370269318308001
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Summary:Spinning black holes in dynamical Einstein–Chern–Simons gravity are constructed by directly solving the field equations, without resorting to any perturbative expansion. This model is obtained by adding to the Einstein–Hilbert action a particular higher-curvature correction: the Pontryagin density, linearly coupled to a scalar field. The spinning black holes are stationary, axi-symmetric, asymptotically flat generalisations of the Kerr solution of Einstein's gravity, but they possess a non-trivial (odd-parity) scalar field. They are regular on and outside the horizon and satisfy a generalized Smarr relation. We discuss the deviations from Kerr at the level of the spin and mass distribution, the horizon angular velocity, the ergo-region and some basic properties of geodesic motion. For sufficiently small values of the Chern–Simons coupling our results match those previously obtained using a perturbative approach.
ISSN:0370-2693