Averaged energy conditions for vector fields

DOI10.1016/J.PHYSLETB.2023.138211arXiv2303.17377OpenAlexW4387208783MaRDI QIDQ6186503FDOQ6186503

Authors: Francisco José Maldonado Torralba 

Publication date: 2 February 2024

Published in: Physics Letters B (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: In this work we shall obtain sufficient conditions for the appearance of singularities in gravitational theories which propagate an extra vector degree of freedom, based on the known relaxations of the singularity theorems. We study the cases of a general Proca field and a vector theory with stable self-derivative interactions. In this study we show several cases of singularities that usually would be considered as potentially singularity-free, since they violate the usual point-like energy conditions.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2303.17377

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Quantum theory (81-XX) Relativity and gravitational theory (83-XX)

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