New Exact Spherically Symmetric Solutions in $f(R,\phi,X)$ gravity by Noether's symmetry approach

TL;DR

This paper derives new exact spherically symmetric solutions in extended $f(R,, X)$ gravity using Noether symmetries, revealing potential black hole solutions without assuming constant scalar curvature.

Contribution

It introduces a method to find exact solutions in $f(R,, X)$ gravity via Noether symmetries, applicable to various models including power-law, non-minimal coupling, and extended Brans-Dicke theories.

Findings

Found new black hole solutions in extended gravity models.

Demonstrated Noether symmetry as a tool to solve field equations.

Identified potential functions for scalar fields in these theories.

Abstract

The exact solutions of spherically symmetric space-times are explored by using Noether symmetries in $f(R,\phi,X)$ gravity with $R$ the scalar curvature, $\phi$ a scalar field and $X$ the kinetic term of $\phi$. Some of these solutions can represent new black holes solutions in this extended theory of gravity. The classical Noether approach is particularly applied to acquire the Noether symmetry in $f(R,\phi,X)$ gravity. Under the classical Noether theorem, it is shown that the Noether symmetry in $f(R,\phi,X)$ gravity yields the solvable first integral of motion. With the conservation relation obtained from the Noether symmetry, the exact solutions for the field equations can be found. The most important result in this paper is that, without assuming $R=\textrm{constant}$, we have found new spherically symmetric solutions in different theories such as: power-law $f(R)=f_0 R^n$ gravity, non-minimally coupling models between the scalar field and the Ricci scalar $f(R,\phi,X)=f_0 R^n \phi^m+f_1 X^q-V(\phi)$, non-minimally couplings between the scalar field and a kinetic term $f(R,\phi,X)=f_0 R^n +f_1\phi^mX^q$ , and also in extended Brans-Dicke gravity $f(R,\phi,X)=U(\phi,X)R$. It is also demonstrated that the approach with Noether symmetries can be regarded as a selection rule to determine the potential $V(\phi)$ for $\phi$, included in some class of the theories of $f(R,\phi,X)$ gravity.