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Phys. Rev. D 56, 6688–6691 (1997)

Global monopoles in Brans-Dicke theory of gravity

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A. Barros
Departamento de Física, Universidade Federal de Roraima, 69310-270, Boa Vista, RR, Brazil

C. Romero
Departamento de Física, Universidade Federal da Paraíba, Caixa Postal 5008, 58059-970, João Pessoa, PB, Brazil

Received 3 July 1997; published in the issue dated 15 November 1997

The gravitational field of a global monopole in the context of Brans-Dicke theory of gravity is investigated. The space-time and the scalar field generated by the monopole are obtained by solving the field equations in the weak field approximation. A comparison is made with the corresponding results predicted by general relativity.

© 1997 The American Physical Society

URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevD.56.6688
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevD.56.6688
PACS:
04.50.+h