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We investigate the hydrostatic equilibrium of white dwarfs within the framework of Rastall-Rainbow gravity, aiming to explore the effects of this modified gravitational theory on their properties. By employing the Chandrasekhar equation of…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-05-30 Jie Li , Bo Yang , Wenbin Lin

In this work we investigate the equilibrium configurations of white dwarfs in a modified gravity theory, na\-mely, $f(R,T)$ gravity, for which $R$ and $T$ stand for the Ricci scalar and trace of the energy-momentum tensor, respectively.…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2017-12-20 G. A. Carvalho , R. V. Lobato , P. H. R. S. Moraes , José D. V. Arbañil , R. M. Marinho , E. Otoniel , M. Malheiro

In this paper, we investigate the structure of neutron stars by considering both the effects of the cosmological constant and the existence of quark matter for neutron stars in Einstein's gravity. For this purpose, we use a suitable…

General Physics · Physics 2022-03-02 T. Yazdizadeh , G. H. Bordbar , B. Eslam Panah

We investigate white dwarfs in the framework of f(R,L_m) and f(R,L_m,T) gravity to explore the Chandrasekhar Limit. We have considered two functional forms of f(R,L_m) and one functional form of f(R,L_m,T) gravity. Considering the matter…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-02-20 N. Priyobarta , S. K. Maurya , Ksh. Newton Singh , B. Mishra

The existence of possible massive white dwarfs more than the Chandrasekhar limit ($1.45M_{\odot }$, in which $M_{\odot }$ is mass of the sun) is a challenging topic. In this regard and motivated by the important effect of massive graviton…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2019-06-05 B. Eslam Panah , H. L. Liu

White dwarfs (WDs), as the remnants of low to intermediate-mass stars, provide a unique opportunity to explore the interplay between quantum mechanical degeneracy pressure and gravitational forces under extreme conditions. In this study, we…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-05-22 Juan M. Z. Pretel , Takol Tangphati , İzzet Sakallı , Ayan Banerjee

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 investigate the Chandrasekhar mass limit for white dwarfs in various models of $f(R)$ gravity. Two equations of state for stellar matter are used: simple relativistic polytropic equation with polytropic index $n=3$ and the realistic…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2022-11-29 Artyom V. Astashenok , Sergey D. Odintsov , Vasilis Oikonomou

Regarding a $d-$dimensional spherically symmetric line element in the context of Einstein-$\Lambda$ gravity, the hydrostatic equilibrium equation of stars is obtained. Then, by using the lowest order constrained variational (LOCV) method…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2017-01-30 G. H. Bordbar , S. H. Hendi , B. Eslam Panah

In this work, we investigate the equilibrium configurations of massive white dwarfs (MWD) in the context of modified gravity, namely $f(R,L_m)$ gravity, where $R$ stands for the Ricci scalar and $L_m$ is the Lagrangian matter density. We…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2022-06-22 R. V. Lobato , G. A. Carvalho , N. G. Kelkar , M. Nowakowski

In this work, we investigate the equilibrium structure of white dwarfs within the covariant formulation of symmetric teleparallel $f(Q)$ gravity, in which gravity is described by the nonmetricity scalar $Q$ instead of spacetime curvature.…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-03-24 Rajasmita Sahoo

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

The mass-radius relation of white dwarfs is largely determined by the equation of state of degenerate electrons, which causes the stellar radius to decrease as mass increases. Here we observationally measure this relation using the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-08-27 Vedant Chandra , Hsiang-Chih Hwang , Nadia L. Zakamska , Sihao Cheng

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

We explore the internal structures of the white dwarfs in two different modified theories of gravity: (i) scalar-tensor-vector gravity and (ii) beyond Horndeski theories of $G_3$ type. The modification of the gravitational force inside the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-01-31 Khursid Alam , Tousif Islam

We present a systematic investigation of the cosmological constant effects in compact stars interiors in the framework of Einstein's gravity. Consideration of a cosmological constant $\Lambda$ in compact stars is motivated by the mechanism…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-02-05 Noshad Khosravi Largani , David E. Alvarez-Castillo

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

The equilibrium configuration of white dwarfs composed of a charged perfect fluid are investigated in the context of the $f(R,\mathcal{T})$ gravity, for which $R$ and $\mathcal{T}$ stand for the Ricci scalar and the trace of the…

General Physics · Physics 2020-05-13 F. Rocha , G. A. Carvalho , D. Deb , M. Malheiro

Massive, highly magnetized white dwarfs with fields up to $10^9$ G have been observed and theoretically used for the description of a variety of astrophysical phenomena. Ultramagnetized white dwarfs with uniform interior fields up to…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2014-09-29 J. G. Coelho , R. M. Marinho , M. Malheiro , R. Negreiros , D. L. Cáceres , J. A. Rueda , R. Ruffini

Super-Chandrasekhar white dwarfs are a timely topic in the last years in the scientific community due to its connection to supernovae type Ia (SN Ia). Some early studies tackled the possibility of white dwarfs surpassing the Chandrasekhar…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-10-20 Ronaldo V. Lobato , Geanderson A. Carvalho , Neelima G. Kelkar , Marek Nowakowski
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