Neutron stars in the bumblebee theory of gravity
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
2024-11-26 v2 High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Abstract
Recently, theoretical studies on the bumblebee gravity model, a nonminimally-coupled vector-tensor theory that violates the Lorentz symmetry, have flourished, with a simultaneous increase in the utilization of observations to impose constraints. The static spherical solutions of neutron stars (NSs) in the bumblebee theory are calculated comprehensively in this work. These solutions with different coupling constants reveal a rich theoretical landscape for NSs, including vectorized NSs and NSs with finite radii but divergent masses. With these solutions, preliminary constraints on the asymptotic vector field values are obtained through restrictions on the stellar radius.
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@article{arxiv.2409.04805,
title = {Neutron stars in the bumblebee theory of gravity},
author = {Peixiang Ji and Zhuhai Li and Lirui Yang and Rui Xu and Zexin Hu and Lijing Shao},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2409.04805},
year = {2024}
}
Comments
15 pages, 9 figures; accepted by PRD