Constraining modified gravity theories with physical black holes
arXiv:2111.00776 · doi:10.1142/9789811269776_0109
Abstract
We review the constraints modified theories of gravity must satisfy to be compatible with the spherically symmetric black hole solutions of semiclassical gravity that describe the formation of an apparent horizon in finite time of a distant observer. The constraints are satisfied in generic modified gravity theories with up to fourth-order derivatives in the metric, indicating that the semiclassical solutions correspond to zeroth-order terms in perturbative solutions of these models. From an observational point of view, this result implies that it may not be possible to distinguish between the semiclassical theory and modifications including up to fourth-order derivatives based on the observation of an apparent horizon alone.
arXiv comment8 pages. Contribution to the proceedings of the 16th Marcel Grossmann meeting (5-10 July 2021) to be published by World Scientific. Minor revisions and typo fixes in v2. Comments welcome!
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