A family of scalar-Einstein and vacuum Brans-Dicke axisymmetric solutions

Abstract

A new method is proposed, that establishes a one to one correspondance between the whole set of static axially symmetric vacuum GR solutions and a specific class of stationary axially symmetric scalar-Einstein (R ab = ∂aϕ∂ b ϕ) solutions having a given mass and a given angular momentum. The method explicitly takes advantage of the Kerr metric Ricci flatness. This also results in a class of stationary axially symmetric vacuum, ie Kerrlike, Brans-Dicke solutions. A particular solution, that is asymptotically flat, is more closely considered. It converges to Kerr for a vanishing scalar charge, but fails to converge to the Fisher-Janis-Newman-Winicour solution for a vanishing "rotation parameter". This solution exhibits a naked singularity having a ringlike structure.