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Probing geometrically perturbed strange stars with minimal decoupling using millisecond pulsar timing observations

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2026-04-17 v2

Abstract

We construct a gravitationally decoupled anisotropic strange star model using the minimal geometric deformation approach with a MIT bag equation of state and an additional source sector controlled by a deformation parameter β\beta and a radial perturbation scale Ψ\Psi through g(r)=sin(Ψr2)g(r)=\sin(\Psi r^{2}). The resulting Einstein system is consistently split into seed and θ\theta-sectors and matched to an exterior Schwarzschild geometry. The model is constrained by high-mass pulsars: PSR J0740+6620 (2.08±0.07M)(2.08\pm0.07\,M_\odot), PSR J1810+1744 (2.13±0.04M)(2.13\pm0.04\,M_\odot), PSR J1959+2048 (2.18±0.09M)(2.18\pm0.09\,M_\odot), and PSR J2215+5135 (2.280.09+0.10M)(2.28^{+0.10}_{-0.09}\,M_\odot). It reproduces these objects with predicted radii R11.3R \approx 11.3--12.912.9 km. The maximum mass reaches Mmax2.28MM_{\max} \approx 2.28\,M_\odot for β=3×103\beta = 3\times 10^{-3} and Ψ0.03km2\Psi \approx 0.03\,\text{km}^{-2}, while for β=103\beta = 10^{-3} the configuration yields Mmax2.12MM_{\max} \approx 2.12\,M_\odot with R12.2R \approx 12.2 km. The central density lies in ρc(2.4\rho_c \approx (2.4--3.1)×104km23.1)\times 10^{-4}\,\text{km}^{-2}, decreasing smoothly to ρs2.0×104km2\rho_s \approx 2.0\times 10^{-4}\,\text{km}^{-2}. The anisotropy increases from zero at the center to Δ(0.25\Delta \approx (0.25--0.45)×104km20.45)\times 10^{-4}\,\text{km}^{-2} near the surface, generating additional outward support that enhances compactness by 15%\sim 15\%. The compactness parameter spans C0.17C \approx 0.17--0.220.22, safely below the Buchdahl limit, while the surface redshift reaches zs0.25z_s \approx 0.25--0.380.38. The condition dM/dρc>0dM/d\rho_c > 0 is satisfied throughout, confirming dynamical stability. Overall, β\beta enhances the maximum mass by up to 15%\sim 15\%, while Ψ\Psi introduces controlled oscillatory structure without violating observational constraints, producing stable ultra-compact stars consistent with current pulsar data.

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@article{arxiv.2604.09976,
  title  = {Probing geometrically perturbed strange stars with minimal decoupling using millisecond pulsar timing observations},
  author = {K. N. Singh and S. K. Maurya and A. Errehymy and A. Altaibayeva and J. Rayimbaev and M. Matyoqubov},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2604.09976},
  year   = {2026}
}

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31 pages, 8 figures