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4-Dimensional Einstein-Gauss-Bonnet (4DEGB) gravity has garnered significant attention in the last few years as a phenomenological competitor to general relativity. We consider the theoretical and observational implications of this theory…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2024-01-22 Carola M. A. Zanoletti , Brayden R. Hull , C. Danielle Leonard , Robert B. Mann

This study investigates the modeling of anisotropic magnetized static neutron stars within the framework of five-dimensional Einstein-Gauss-Bonnet (5D EGB) gravity. While Einstein's gravity has traditionally been employed to examine neutron…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-08-21 Mohammad Mazhari

The masses and radii of strongly magnetized anisotropic deformed white dwarf stars are investigated using the stellar structure equations in the parameterized $\gamma$-metric formalism. The Equation of State (EoS) of a completely degenerate…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-02-06 Rajasmita Sahoo , Tambe Pranjal Anant , Somnath Mukhopadhyay

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

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

Since the derivation of a well-defined $D\rightarrow 4$ limit for 4D Einstein Gauss-Bonnet (4DEGB) gravity coupled to a scalar field, there has been interest in testing it as an alternative to Einstein's general theory of relativity. Using…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-06-21 Michael Gammon , Sarah Rourke , Robert B. Mann

Since the derivation of a well-defined $D\rightarrow 4$ limit for 4 dimensional Einstein Gauss-Bonnet (4DEGB) gravity coupled to a scalar field, there has been interest in testing it as an alternative to Einstein's general theory of…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-02-11 Michael Gammon , Robert B. Mann , Sarah Rourke

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

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

In this work, we have constructed anisotropic bosonic dark-matter star (DMS) solutions in the context of a regularized four-dimensional Einstein$-$Gauss$-$Bonnet (4D EGB) gravity theory. Using dimensional regularization, we solve modified…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-10-21 Mohamamd Mazhari

With the precision now afforded by modern space-based photometric observations from the retired K2 and current TESS missions, the effects of general relativity (GR) may be detectable in the light curves of pulsating white dwarfs (WDs).…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-07-24 S Reece Boston , Charles R Evans , J Christopher Clemens

It is agreed that Chandrasekhar mass and central density of white dwarfs are independent, which means that there is a whole series of stars having radius and central density as parameters that all have the same Chandrasekhar mass. In this…

General Physics · Physics 2016-08-09 Mohamed Moussa

Low energy imprints of modifications to general relativity are often found in pressure balance equations inside stars. These modifications are then amenable to tests via astrophysical phenomena, using observational effects in stellar…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-07-07 Debojyoti Garain , Pritam Banerjee , Shaswata Chowdhury , Tapobrata Sarkar

We set up an Einstein-Gauss-Bonnet theory in four dimensions, based on the recent formulation of pure gravity with extra dimensions of vanishing metrical length [1]. In absence of torsion, the effective field equations depend only on the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2022-02-11 Sandipan Sengupta

In the present work we have investigated a new anisotropic solution for polytropic star in the framework of $4D$ Einstein-Gauss-Bonnet (EGB) gravity. The possibility of determining the masses and radii of compact stars which puts some…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2022-09-20 Ksh. Newton Singh , S. K. Maurya , Piyali Bhar , Riju Nag

There has been a growing interest within the astrophysics community in highly magnetized and fast-spinning white dwarfs (WDs), commonly referred to as HMWDs. WDs with these characteristics are quite uncommon and possess magnetic fields…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-12-20 M. F. Sousa , E. Otoniel , J. G. Coelho , J. C. N. de Araujo

We determine the mass-radius relation of relativistic white dwarf stars (a self-gravitating degenerate Fermi gas at T=0) in a D-dimensional universe and study the influence of the dimension of space on the laws of physics when we combine…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 P. H. Chavanis

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

Since the recent derivation of a well-defined $D\rightarrow 4$ limit for regularized 4D Einstein Gauss-Bonnet (4DEGB) gravity, there has been considerable interest in testing it as an alternative to Einstein's general theory of relativity.…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-02-11 Michael Gammon , Robert Mann

The recent theoretical advance known as the Minimal Geometric Deformation (MGD) method has initiated a renewed interest in investigating higher curvature gravitational effects in relativistic astrophysics. In this work, we model a strange…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2022-02-16 S. K. Maurya , Ksh. Newton Singh , M. Govender , Sudan Hansraj