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We study ultralight scalar fields with quadratic couplings to Standard-Model fermions and derive strong constraints from white-dwarf mass-radius data. Such couplings source scalar profiles inside compact stars, shift fermion masses, and can…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2026-05-18 Kai Bartnick , Konstantin Springmann , Stefan Stelzl , Andreas Weiler

The Chandrasekhar limit for white dwarfs has been confirmed by many astrophysical observations. However, how to obtain it theoretically in models which rely on other-than-Heisenberg's uncertainty principles, which are predicted by some…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-03-28 Daniele Gregoris , Yen Chin Ong

An ungravity-inspired model is employed to examine the astrophysical parameters of white dwarf stars (WDs) using polytropic and degenerate gas approaches. Based on the observed properties such as mass, radius, and luminosity of selected…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-06-06 Orfeu Bertolami , Hodjat Mariji

We consider a relativistic, degenerate, electron gas under the influence of a strong magnetic field, which describes magnetized white dwarfs. Landau quantization changes the density of states available to the electrons, thus modifying the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2012-11-20 Upasana Das , Banibrata Mukhopadhyay

We clarify important physics issues related to the recently established new mass limit for magnetized white dwarfs which is significantly super-Chandrasekhar. The issues include, justification of high magnetic field and the corresponding…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2014-06-05 Upasana Das , Banibrata Mukhopadhyay

In this work, we investigate the relativistic structure of white dwarfs (WDs) within the framework of modified gravity theory $f(R, T, L_m) = R + \alpha T L_m$, which introduces a non-minimal coupling between matter and curvature. Using a…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-03-05 Edson Otoniel , Juan M. Z. Pretel , Clésio E. Mota , César O. V. Flores , Victor B. T. Alves , Franciele M. da Silva

We examine the Chandrasekhar limit for white dwarfs in $f(R)$ gravity, with a simple polytropic equation of state describing stellar matter. We use the most popular $f(R)$ gravity model, namely the $f(R)=R+\alpha R^2$ gravity, and calculate…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2022-12-21 Artyom V. Astashenok , Sergey D. Odintsov , Vasilis K. Oikonomou

We explore the luminosity L of magnetized white dwarfs and its effect on the mass-radius relation. We self-consistently obtain the interface between the electron degenerate gas dominated inner core and the outer ideal gas surface layer or…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-06-19 Abhay Gupta , Banibrata Mukhopadhyay , Christopher A. Tout

Recently, some over-luminous Ia supernovaes are found, suggesting that their progenitors are white dwarfs more massive than the Chandrasekhar limit, which perhaps result from ultra-strong magnetic field inside the white dwarfs. We present…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-06 Qi-Xiang Zou , Xin-He Meng

Scalar-tensor theories of gravity can lead to modifications of the gravitational force inside astrophysical objects. We exhibit that compact stars such as white dwarfs provide a unique set-up to test beyond Horndeski theories of ${\rm G}^3$…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2016-04-20 Rajeev Kumar Jain , Chris Kouvaris , Niklas Grønlund Nielsen

By making an intuitive choice for the single-particle density of a system of N self-gravitating particles, without any source for the radiation of energy, we have been able to calculate the binding energy of the system by treating these…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 D. N. Tripathy , Subodha Mishra

In Palatini $f(R)$ gravity, the parameters of the Schwarzschild - de Sitter solution as well as the whole interior solutions of compact objects are expected to change when compared to general relativity. We solve the Palatini field…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-12-07 Vappu Reijonen

Small-eccentricity binary pulsars with white dwarf companions provide excellent test laboratories for various effects predicted by alternative theories of gravity, in particular tests for the emission of gravitational dipole radiation and…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2007-05-23 N. Wex

In recent years a number of white dwarfs has been observed with very high surface magnetic fields. We can expect that the magnetic field in the core of these stars would be much higher (~ 10^{14} G). In this paper, we analytically study the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2012-05-09 Aritra Kundu , Banibrata Mukhopadhyay

Chandrasekhar made the startling discovery about nine decades back that the mass of compact object white dwarf has a limiting value, once nuclear fusion reactions stop therein. This is the Chandrasekhar mass-limit, which is $\sim1.4M_\odot$…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2021-04-27 Surajit Kalita , Banibrata Mukhopadhyay , T. R. Govindarajan

We study the impact of non-local modifications of General Relativity on stellar structure. In particular, assuming an analytic distortion function and specific equations of state, we made use of remnant stars to put qualitative constraints…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-01-23 Grigoris Panotopoulos , Javier Rubio , Ilídio Lopes

While computing the Fermi degeneracy pressure of electrons in a white dwarf star within the framework of hydrostatic equilibrium, we depart from the extant practice of treating the electrons as a free fermion gas, by including the effect of…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2017-08-22 Anarya Ray , Pronobesh Maity , Parthasarathi Majumdar

In the present work the thermodynamical properties of bosonic and fermionic gases are analyzed under the condition that a modified dispersion relation is present. This last condition implies a breakdown of Lorentz symmetry. The implications…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-11-11 Abel Camacho

We investigate the luminosity suppression and its effect on the mass-radius relation as well as cooling evolution of highly magnetised white dwarfs. Based on the effect of magnetic field relative to gravitational energy, we suitably modify…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-04-06 Mukul Bhattacharya , Alexander J. Hackett , Abhay Gupta , Christopher A. Tout , Banibrata Mukhopadhyay

In this work we compute models for relativistic white dwarfs in the presence of strong magnetic fields. These models possibly contribute to super-luminous SNIa. With an assumed axi-symmetric and poloidal magnetic field, we study the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-10-21 Bruno Franzon , Stefan Schramm