Published May 15, 1982
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Journal article
Mass spectrum in a conformally invariant Brans-Dicke theory
Description
In this paper it is shown that the Brans-Dicke theory, for a special case, is conformally invariant. For the case that the energy-momentum tensor of matter is zero, i.e., for particlelike solutions, an explicit solution for the scalar field phi and for the metric tensor is found. Imposing certain natural boundary conditions leads to the result that, far away, the net effect of this solution is to appear as a particle which has a discrete mass spectrum and an event horizon which is less than the ordinary Schwarzschild radius
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Phys. Rev., D
- Journal Volume
- 25
- Journal Issue
- 10
- Series
- Phys. Rev., D.
- Journal Page Range
- 2699-2700
- ISSN
- 0556-2821
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- United States
- INIS RN
- 13697236
- Subject category
- S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
- Descriptors DEI
- BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; CONFORMAL INVARIANCE; MASS SPECTRA; METRICS; SCALAR FIELDS; SCHWARZSCHILD RADIUS; TENSORS
- Descriptors DEC
- INVARIANCE PRINCIPLES; SPECTRA