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As current and future experiments probe strong gravitational regimes around neutron stars and black holes, it is desirable to have theoretically sound alternatives to general relativity against which to test observations. Here we study the…

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The properties of neutron stars are investigated within the relativistic central variational method by using a realistic nucleon-nucleon ($NN$) interaction. The strong repulsion of realistic $NN$ interactions at short distances is treated…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2017-03-08 Jinniu Hu , Hong Shen , Hiroshi Toki

The macroscopic properties of compact stars in modified gravity theories can be significantly different from the general relativistic (GR) predictions. Within the gravitational context of scalar-tensor theories, with a scalar field $\phi$…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-12-05 Juan M. Z. Pretel , Sergio E. Jorás , Ribamar R. R. Reis , Sergio B. Duarte , José D. V. Arbañil

This study explores the behavior of compact stars within the framework of $f(R,L_m,T)$ gravity, focusing on the functional form $f(R,L_m,T) = R + \alpha TL_m$. The modified Tolman-Oppenheimer-Volkoff (TOV) equations are derived and…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-07-09 Clésio E. Mota , Juan M. Z. Pretel , César O. V. Flores

In the present paper we study the behavior of the normalized $I$-$Q$ relation for neutron stars in a particular class of $f(R)$ theories of gravity, namely the $R^2$ gravity that is one of the most natural and simplest extensions of general…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-09-16 Daniela D. Doneva , Stoytcho S. Yazadjiev , Kostas D. Kokkotas

We derive the empirical formulas for the neutron star mass and gravitational redshift as a function of the central density and specific combination of the nuclear saturation parameters, which are applicable to the stellar models constructed…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2022-03-23 Hajime Sotani , Hajime Togashi

The equation of state for neutron stars in a wide-density range at zero temperature is constructed. The chiral quark-meson coupling model within relativistic Hartree-Fock approximation is adopted for uniform nuclear matter. The coupling…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2013-10-15 Tsuyoshi Miyatsu , Sachiko Yamamuro , Ken'ichiro Nakazato

We consider the sector of Horndeski's gravity characterized by the coupling between the kinetic scalar field term and the Einstein tensor. We numerically construct neutron star configurations where the external geometry is identical to the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-09-02 Adolfo Cisterna , Térence Delsate , Massimiliano Rinaldi

We perform fully relativistic calculations of binary neutron stars in quasi-equilibrium circular orbits. We integrate Einstein's equations together with the relativistic equation of hydrostatic equilibrium to solve the initial value problem…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-10-30 T. W. Baumgarte , G. B. Cook , M. A. Scheel , S. L. Shapiro , S. A. Teukolsky

We apply the statistical measure of complexity introduced by Lopez-Ruiz, Mancini and Calbet to neutron stars structure. Neutron stars is a classical example where the gravitational field and quantum behavior are combined and produce a…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-06 K. Ch. Chatzisavvas , V. P. Psonis , C. P. Panos , Ch. C. Moustakidis

This paper investigates the structure and properties of neutron stars in four-dimensional non-polynomial gravities. Solving the modified Tolman-Oppenheimer-Volkoff equations for three different equations of state (BSk19, SLy4, AP4), we…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-12-30 Chen Tan , Yong-Qiang Wang

We present the first numerical solutions of the coupled Einstein-Maxwell equations describing rapidly rotating neutron stars endowed with a magnetic field. These solutions are fully relativistic and self-consistent, all the effects of the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2007-05-23 M. Bocquet , S. Bonazzola , E. Gourgoulhon , J. Novak

Neutron stars are discussed as laboratories of physics of strong gravitational fields. The mass of a neutron star is split into matter energy and gravitational field energy contributions. The energy of the gravitational field of neutron…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2007-05-23 M. Dyrda , B. Kinasiewicz , M. Kutschera , A. Szmaglinski

We develop the general theory of stars in Saa's model of gravity with propagating torsion and study the basic stationary state of neutron star. Our numerical results show that the torsion force decreases the role of the gravity in the star…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2010-11-19 T. Boyadjiev , P. Fiziev , S. Yazadjiev

We perform fully relativistic calculations of binary neutron stars in corotating, circular orbit. While Newtonian gravity allows for a strict equilibrium, a relativistic binary system emits gravitational radiation, causing the system to…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2016-08-25 T. W. Baumgarte , G. B. Cook , M. A. Scheel , S. L. Shapiro , S. A. Teukolsky

We consider the internal structure and the physical properties of specific classes of neutron, quark and Bose-Einstein Condensate stars in the hybrid metric-Palatini gravity theory, which is a combination of the metric and Palatini $f(R)$…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2017-02-24 Bogdan Danila , Tiberiu Harko , Francisco S. N. Lobo , M. K. Mak

Probing gravity in its strongest regime is a central goal of modern physics, as the nature of the most compact objects reflects fundamental aspects of Einstein's theory of general relativity (GR). In GR, black holes are regarded as the most…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-05-20 Shoulong Li , H. Lü , Yong Gao , Rui Xu , Lijing Shao , Hongwei Yu

We investigate the behavior of curvature invariants for a large ensemble of neutron stars built with equations of state (EOSs) that satisfy constraints from nuclear theory and perturbative QCD, as well as measurements of neutron-star…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-04-23 Iván Garibay , Christian Ecker , Luciano Rezzolla

Following an earlier analysis which examined the effect of the self-gravity of pressure on big-bang nucleosynthesis (BBN), we explore the effect of pressure's self-gravity on the structure of neutron stars. We construct an ad hoc…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-06-05 Josiah Schwab , Scott A. Hughes , Saul Rappaport

The macroscopic model is formulated for a neutron star (NS) as a perfect liquid drop at the equilibrium. We use the leptodermic approximation $a/R\ll 1$, where $a$ is the crust thickness of the effective NS surface (ES), and $R$ is the mean…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2025-08-07 A. G. Magner , S. P. Maydanyuk , A. Bonasera , H. Zheng , T. Depastas , A. I. Levon , U. V. Grygoriev