Based on a stringy inspired Gauss-Bonnet (GB) modification of classical gravity, we constructed a model for neutron stars. We derived the modified forms of Tolman-Oppenheimer-Volkoff (TOV) equations for a generic function of f(G) gravity. The hydrostatic equations remained unchanged but the dynamical equations for metric functions are modified due to the effects of GB term.
@article{arxiv.1408.3626,
title = {Tolman-Oppenheimer-Volkoff Equations in Modified Gauss-Bonnet Gravity},
author = {D. Momeni and R. Myrzakulov},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1408.3626},
year = {2015}
}
Comments
Version accepted in "International Journal of Geometric Methods in Modern Physics"