Gravitational Higgs mechanism in neutron star interiorsTools Coates, Andrew, Horbatsch, Michael W. and Sotiriou, Thomas P. (2017) Gravitational Higgs mechanism in neutron star interiors. Physical Review D, 95 (8). 084003/1-084003/6. ISSN 2470-0029 Full text not available from this repository.AbstractWe suggest that nonminimally coupled scalar fields can lead to modifications of the microphysics in the interiors of relativistic stars. As a concrete example, we consider the generation of a non-zero photon mass in such high-density environments. This is achieved by means of a light gravitational scalar, and the scalarization phase transition in scalar-tensor theories of gravitation. Two distinct models are presented, and phenomenological implications are briefly discussed.
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