Eur. Phys. J. C (2020) 80: 335
https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-020-7902-1

Regular Article - Theoretical Physics

Modified black hole solution with a background Kalb–Ramond field

¹ Departamento de Física, Universidade Federal do Ceará (UFC), Campus do Pici, C.P. 6030, Fortaleza, CE, 60455-760, Brazil
² Universidade Federal do Cariri (UFCA), Av. Tenente Raimundo Rocha, Cidade Universitária, Juazeiro do Norte, Ceará, CEP 63048-080, Brasil

^* e-mail: euclides.silva@ufca.edu.br

Received: 6 March 2020
Accepted: 2 April 2020
Published online: 22 April 2020

Abstract

We study the gravitation effects on a static and spherically symmetric spacetime due to the vacuum expectation value (VEV) of a Kalb–Ramond field. The Kalb–Ramond VEV is a background tensor field which produces a local Lorentz symmetry breaking (LSB) of spacetime. Considering a non-minimal coupling between the Kalb–Ramond (VEV) and the Ricci tensor, we obtain an exact parameterdependent power-law modified black hole. For a particular choice of the LSB parameter, the Lorentz violation produces a solution similar to the Reissner–Nordstrom, despite the absence of charge. The near-horizon geometry is modified by including a new inner horizon and shifting the Schwarzschild horizon. Asymptotically, the usual Minkowski spacetime with a background tensor field is recovered. The vacuum configurations are studied considering the energy conditions and the Lorentz violating source properties. By means of the mercury perihelion test, an upper bound to the local Lorentz violation (LV) is obtained, and its corresponding effects on the black hole temperature is investigated.