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Black Hole Area in Brans-Dicke Theory

Gungwon Kang

gr-qcarXiv:gr-qc/9606020

Abstract

We have shown that the dynamics of the scalar field ϕ(x)= ``G-1(x)" in Brans-Dicke theories of gravity makes the surface area of the black hole horizon oscillatory during its dynamical evolution. It explicitly explains why the area theorem does not hold in Brans-Dicke theory. However, we show that there exists a certain non-decreasing quantity defined on the event horizon which is proportional to the black hole entropy for the case of stationary solutions in Brans-Dicke theory. Some numerical simulations have been demonstrated for Oppenheimer-Snyder collapse in Brans-Dicke theory.

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