Relativistic stars in f(R) gravity

Details Relativistic stars in f(R) gravity Relativistic stars in f(R) gravity

2009-04-08

arxiv.org/abs/0904.1382v3

Phys.Rev.D80:121501,2009

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology

5 pages, 4 figures, revtex; v.3: a few corrections with respect to the published version

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevD.80.121501

We study the strong gravity regime in viable models of so-called f(R) gravity that account for the observed cosmic acceleration. In contrast with recent works suggesting that very relativistic stars might not exist in these models, we find numerical solutions corresponding to static star configurations with a strong gravitational field. The choice of the equation of state for the star is crucial for the existence of solutions. Indeed, if the pressure exceeds one third of the energy density in a large part of the star, static configurations do not exist. In our analysis, we use a polytropic equation of state, which is not plagued with this problem and, moreover, provides a better approximation for a realistic neutron star.

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