Stellar structure of quark stars in a modified Starobinsky gravity

Autor: Mathew, Arun, Shafeeque, Muhammed, Nandy, Malay K.
Rok vydání: 2020
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Druh dokumentu: Working Paper
DOI: 10.1140/epjc/s10052-020-8130-4
Popis: We propose a form of gravity-matter interaction given by $\omega RT$ in the framework of $f(R,T)$ gravity and examine the effect of such interaction in spherically symmetric compact stars. Treating the gravity-matter coupling as a perturbative term on the background of Starobinsky gravity, we develop a perturbation theory for equilibrium configurations. For illustration, we take the case of quark stars and explore their various stellar properties. We find that the gravity-matter coupling causes an increase in the stable maximal mass which is relevant for recent observations on binary pulsars.
Databáze: arXiv