Neutron stars in scalar-tensor-vector gravity

DOI10.1007/S10714-017-2184-0zbMATH Open1358.83074arXiv1611.05721OpenAlexW2551387745MaRDI QIDQ520103FDOQ520103

Authors: Federico G. Lopez Armengol, Gustavo E. Romero 

Publication date: 3 April 2017

Published in: General Relativity and Gravitation (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Scalar-Tensor-Vector Gravity (STVG), also referred as MOdified Gravity (MOG), is an alternative theory of the gravitational interaction. Its weak field approximation has been successfully used to described Solar System observations, galaxy rotation curves, dynamics of clusters of galaxies, and cosmological data, without the imposition of dark components. The theory was formulated by John Moffat in 2006. In this work, we derive matter-sourced solutions of STVG and construct neutron star models. We aim at exploring STVG predictions about stellar structure in the strong gravity regime. Specifically, we represent spacetime with a static, spherically symmetric manifold, and model the stellar matter content with a perfect fluid energy-momentum tensor. We then derive the modified Tolman-Oppenheimer-Volkoff equation in STVG and integrate it for different equations of state. We find that STVG allows heavier neutron stars than General Relativity (GR). Maximum masses depend on a normalized parameter that quantifies the deviation from GR. The theory exhibits unusual predictions for extreme values of this parameter. We conclude that STVG admits suitable spherically symmetric solutions with matter sources, relevant for stellar structure. Since recent determinations of neutron stars masses violate some GR predictions, STVG appears as a viable candidate for a new gravity theory.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1611.05721

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zbMATH Keywords

modified gravityneutron starsvector gravity

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Exact solutions to problems in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C15) Relativistic gravitational theories other than Einstein's, including asymmetric field theories (83D05) Galactic and stellar structure (85A15)

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