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We investigate the modified gravity theories in terms of the effective dark energy models. We compare the cosmic expansion history and the linear growth in different models. We also study the evolution of linear cosmological perturbations…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2008-11-26 Seokcheon Lee

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

In a brief article published in 1931 and expanded in 1935, the Indian astrophysicist Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar shared an important astronomical discovery where he introduced what is now known as Chandrasekhar limit. This limit establishes…

Popular Physics · Physics 2021-06-17 Jorge Pinochet

In this paper, we review modified $f(R)$ theories of gravity in Palatini formalism. In this framework, , we use the Raychaudhuri's equation along with the requirement that the gravity is attractive, which holds for any geometrical theory of…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2021-03-02 H. Saiedi

It has been recently proposed that very massive white dwarfs endowed with strongly quantizing magnetic fields might be the progenitors of overluminous type Ia supernovae like SN 2006gz and SN 2009dc. In this work, we show that the onset of…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2013-10-15 N. Chamel , A. F. Fantina , P. J. Davis

Modified theories of gravity have received a renewed interest due to their ability to account for the cosmic acceleration. In order to satisfy the solar system tests of gravity, these theories need to include a screening mechanism that…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2014-09-15 Jeremy Sakstein , Bhuvnesh Jain , Vinu Vikram

In their engaging recountals of Chandrasekhar's extraordinary career (Physics Today, vol 63, Issue 12, Dec 2010), neither Dyson nor Wali mention that Chandrasekhar was the third person not the first, to publish a white dwarf mass limit…

History and Philosophy of Physics · Physics 2011-03-10 Eric G. Blackman

The runaway collapse phase of a small dark matter cluster inside a white dwarf star encompasses a reversible stage, where heat can be transferred back and forth between nuclear and dark matter. Induced nuclear burning phases are stable and…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2022-04-26 Heinrich Steigerwald , Valerio Marra , Stefano Profumo

An entirely new model for the structure as well as for the cooling mechanism of white dwarfs has been proposed. We have argued that the massive part of the constituents of white dwarfs- the positively charged ions are boson and under the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Nandini Nag , Somenath Chakrabarty

Mass estimates of white dwarfs via electromagnetic methods, often differ from those obtained through gravitational redshift measurements, in some cases with discrepancies ranging in $5-15\%$ across independent datasets. Although many of the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-11-04 Jorge Castelo Mourelle , Nicolas Sanchis-Gual , José A. Font , Juan Calderón Bustillo

The last findings on stellar and substellar objects in modified gravity are presented, allowing a reader to quickly jump into this topic. Early stellar evolution of low-mass stars, cooling models of brown dwarfs and giant gaseous exoplanets…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-11-27 Aneta Wojnar

Over the last couple of decades, there are direct and indirect evidences for massive compact objects than their conventional counterparts. A couple of such examples are super-Chandrasekhar white dwarfs and massive neutron stars. The…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2022-08-15 Surajit Kalita , Banibrata Mukhopadhyay

Static solutions of white dwarfs with spherical symmetry and local anisotropy are studied in the post-Newtonian approximation. It is argued that the condition for equilibrium must be that the total energy is a minimum for given baryon…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-10-30 E. S. Corchero

The evolution of white dwarfs is essentially a gravothermal process of cooling in which the basic ingredients for predicting their evolution are well identified, although not always well understood. There are two independent ways to test…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-02-07 Jordi Isern , Santiago Torres , Alberto Rebassa-Mansergas

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

This paper reviews the physics of stars, the type, structure, evolution and stability. Simple thermodynamics and statistical mechanics are used to show the inner working of white dwarf and neutron stars. The major concentration of the paper…

Popular Physics · Physics 2024-03-21 Anuj Chaudhri

In the course of their evolution, white-dwarf stars go through at least one phase of variability in which the global pulsations they undergo allow astronomers to peer into their interiors, this way making possible to shed light on their…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-06-11 Alejandro H. Córsico

We study the equilibrium structures of white dwarfs with dark matter cores formed by non-self-annihilating dark matter DM particles with mass ranging from 1 GeV to 100 GeV, which are assumed to form an ideal degenerate Fermi gas inside the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2013-06-18 S. -C. Leung , M. -C. Chu , L. -M. Lin , K. -W. Wong

We discuss some of our current knowledge of the mass distribution of DA and non-DA stars using various methods for measuring white dwarf masses including spectroscopic, trigonometric parallax, and gravitational redshift measurements, with a…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 P. Bergeron , A. Gianninas , S. Boudreault

In the vast expanse of our galaxy, white dwarfs (WDs) are natural sentinels, capturing the enigmatic dark matter (DM) particles that incessantly traverse their interiors. These celestial bodies provide a unique vantage point for probing…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2024-06-06 Jia-Shu Niu