AUTHOR=Blázquez-Salcedo  Jose Luis , Khoo  Fech Scen , Kunz  Jutta , Preut  Vincent 

TITLE=Polar Quasinormal Modes of Neutron Stars in Massive Scalar-Tensor Theories

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Physics

VOLUME=9

YEAR=2021

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/physics/articles/10.3389/fphy.2021.741427

DOI=10.3389/fphy.2021.741427

ISSN=2296-424X

ABSTRACT=<p>We study polar quasinormal modes of relativistic stars in scalar-tensor theories, where we include a massive gravitational scalar field and employ the standard Brans-Dicke coupling function. For the potential of the scalar field we consider a simple mass term as well as a potential associated with <italic>R</italic><sup>2</sup> gravity. The presence of the scalar field makes the spectrum of quasinormal modes much richer than the spectrum in General Relativity. We here investigate radial modes (<italic>l</italic> = 0) and quadrupole modes (<italic>l</italic> = 2). The general relativistic <italic>l</italic> = 0 normal modes turn into quasinormal modes in scalar-tensor theories, that are able to propagate outside of the stars. In addition to the pressure-led modes new scalar-led <italic>ϕ</italic>-modes arise. We analyze the dependence of the quasinormal mode frequencies and decay times on the scalar field mass.</p>