Abstract

The field equations in the Brans-Dicke (BD) scalar-tensor theory of gravitation are solved for a spherically symmetric metric. The solutions generalise earlier conformally flat results and may all be considered as describing the field of a charged mass point surrounded by a scalar-tensor field. The conformally flat solutions are shown to be not physically meaningful for 'standard' BD theory with 2 omega +3>0.

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