https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-018-5681-8
Regular Article - Theoretical Physics
A special class of solutions in F(R)-gravity
1
Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Trento, Via Sommarive 14, 38123, Povo, TN, Italy
2
TIFPA - INFN, Via Sommarive 14, 38123, Povo, TN, Italy
* e-mail: massimiliano.rinaldi@unitn.it
Received:
5
February
2018
Accepted:
22
February
2018
Published online:
3
March
2018
We consider a special class of vacuum F(R)-modified gravity models. The form of their Lagrangian is such that the field equations are trivially satisfied when the Ricci scalar is constant. There are many interesting F(R)-models for inflation and dark energy that fall in this class. However, little is known outside the domain of cosmology therefore we aim to explore the class of solutions that are static and spherically symmetric. After some general considerations, we investigate in more detail black hole solutions, traversable wormhole metrics and, finally, configurations that can match the anomalous rotation curves of galaxies.
© The Author(s), 2018
