Horndeski gravity as D 4 limit of Gauss-Bonnet

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Horndeski gravity as \(D \rightarrow 4\) limit of Gauss-Bonnet




Abstract: We propose a procedure for the Dightarrow4 limit of Einstein-Gauss-Bonnet (EGB) gravity that leads to a well defined action principle in four dimensions. Our construction is based on compactifying D-dimensional EGB gravity on a (D4)-dimensional maximally symmetric space followed by redefining the Gauss-Bonnet coupling alphaightarrowfracalphaD4. The resulting model is a special scalar-tensor theory that belongs to the family of Horndeski gravity. Static black hole solutions in the scalar-tensor theory are investigated. Interestingly, the metric profile is independent of the curvature of the internal space and coincides with the Dightarrow4 limit of the usual EGB black hole with the unusual Gauss-Bonnet coupling fracalphaD4. The curvature information of the internal space is instead encoded in the profile of the extra scalar field. Our procedure can also be generalized to define further limits of the Gauss-Bonnet combination by compactifying the D-dimensional theory on a (Dp)-dimensional maximally symmetric space with pleq3. These lead to different Dightarrow4 limits of EGB gravity as well as its Dightarrow2,3 limits.




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