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White dwarfs and neutron stars are stellar objects with masses comparable to that of our sun. However, as the endpoint stages of stellar evolution, these objects do not sustain any thermonuclear burning and therefore can no longer support…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Shmuel Balberg , Stuart L. Shapiro

White dwarfs are a class of stars with unique physical properties. They present many challenging problems whose solution requires the application of advanced theories of dense matter, state-of-the-art experimental techniques, and extensive…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-10-26 D. Saumon , S. Blouin , P. -E. Tremblay

A general formalism developed few years ago to model polytropic Newtonian stars with anisotropic pressure is applied to model stars for which, both, radial and tangential pressure satisfy polytropic equations of state. We obtain the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2020-07-02 G. Abellan , E. Fuenmayor , L. Herrera

We consider here a robust study of stellar dynamics for White Dwarf Stars with polytropic matter in the weak field approximation using the Lane-Emden equation from the brane-world scenario. We also derive an analytical solution to the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-10-26 Miguel A. Garcia-Aspeitia

We set up the general formalism to model polytropic Newtonian stars with anisotropic pressure. We obtain the corresponding Lane-Emden equation. A heuristic model based on an ansatz to obtain anisotropic matter solutions from known solutions…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-15 L. Herrera , W. Barreto

Modified gravity theories can introduce modifications to the Poisson equation in the Newtonian limit. As a result, we expect to see interesting features of these modifications inside stellar objects. White dwarf stars are one of the most…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2017-10-06 Srimanta Banerjee , Swapnil Shankar , Tejinder P. Singh

A few questions related to white dwarfs' physics is posed. It seems that the modified gravity framework can be a good starting point to provide alternative explanations to cooling processes, their age determination, and Chandrasekhar mass…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2021-07-29 Aneta Wojnar

White dwarfs are one of the densest form of matter following neutron star and black holes. A typical white dwarf is as massive as our sun has radius comparable to the earth. This paper reviewed the Fermi gas model Equation of State of white…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-01-29 Tousif Raza

White dwarfs (WDs) can be used as laboratories to test strong gravity and high-density regimes, once their equation of state is not so uncertain as the one of neutron stars. This makes them also a useful tool to constrain dark-matter…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-10-16 G. A. Carvalho , J. D. V. Arbañil , J. G. Coelho

White dwarfs, one of the compact objects in the universe, play a crucial role in astrophysical research and provide a platform for exploring nuclear physics. In this work, we extend the relativistic mean field approach by using a…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2025-08-18 Ling-Jun Guo , Yao Ma , Yong-Liang Ma , Ruo-Xi Wu , Yue-Liang Wu

White dwarfs are compact objects that stand against gravitational collapse by their internal pressure of degenerate matter. In this work we aimed to perform an introductory study on these stars, using two equations of state (EOS): (I) an…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-06-22 Sílvia Pereira Nunes , Marcelo Chiapparini , Santiago Esteban Perez Bergliaffa

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

Brown dwarfs, being transitional objects between giant planets and low-mass stars, possess dense, cool interiors that provide optimal conditions to explore non-standard physics. Capture and accumulation of dark-matter particles can alter…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2026-05-15 A. Pérez-Garrido

The purpose of this thesis is to obtain more realistic equations of state to describe the matter forming magnetized white dwarfs, and use them to solve its structure equations. The equations of state are determined by considering the weak…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-01-06 D. Alvear Terrero , D. Manreza Paret , A. Pérez Martínez

Many stellar configurations, including white dwarfs, neutron stars, black holes, supermassive stars, and star clusters, rely on relativistic effects. The Tolman-Oppenheimer-Volkoff (TOV) equation of the polytropic gas sphere is ultimately a…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-05-31 Mohamed S. Aboueisha , Mohamed I. Nouh , Emad A-B. Abdel-Salam. Tarek M. Kamel , Mohamed M. Beheary , Kamel A. K. Gadallah

The recent discovery of microlensing of stars in the Large Magellanic Cloud has excited much interest in the nature of the lensing population. Detailed analyses indicate that the mass of these objects ranges from 0.3-0.8 solar masses,…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Brad M. S. Hansen

White dwarfs are among the most common objects in the stellar halo; however, due to their low luminosity and low number density compared to the stars in the discs of the Milky Way, they are scarce in the observable volume. Hence, they are…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2017-02-09 Marco C. Lam

Abridged. White dwarf stars are the final evolutionary stage of the vast majority of stars, including our Sun. The study of white dwarfs has potential applications to different fields of astrophysics. In particular, they can be used as…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-08-09 Leandro G. Althaus , Alejandro H. Córsico , Jordi Isern , Enrique García-Berro

Low mass white dwarfs are the remnants of disrupted red giant stars in binary millisecond pulsars and other exotic binary star systems. Some low mass white dwarfs cool rapidly, while others stay bright for millions of years due to stable…

In this paper a theoretical model of a magnetic white dwarf is studied. All numerical calculations are performed under the assumption of a spherically symmetric star. The obtained equation of state is stiffer for the increasing value of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 I. Bednarek , A. Brzezina , R. Manka , M. Zastawny-Kubica
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