Averaged energy conditions for vector fields

DOI10.1016/J.PHYSLETB.2023.138211MaRDI QIDQ6186503zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Francisco José Maldonado Torralba

Publication date 2 February 2024

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

Copyright license Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International

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)

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.

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