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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

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 understanding of stellar structure represents the crossroads of our theories of the nuclear force and the gravitational interaction under the most extreme conditions observably accessible. It provides a powerful probe of the strong…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2020-09-15 Gonzalo J. Olmo , Diego Rubiera-Garcia , Aneta Wojnar

Generally the virial theorem provides a relation between various components of energy integrated over a system. This helps us to understand the underlying equilibrium. Based on the virial theorem we can estimate, for example, the maximum…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-10-21 Banibrata Mukhopadhyay , Arnab Sarkar , Christopher A. Tout

The limiting mass of cold white dwarfs was first calculated by E. Stoner in an approximate model of a uniform star and was soon reduced by ~20% in papers by S. Chandrasekhar and L. D. Landau based on an exact solution of the equations for…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-04-20 G. S. Bisnovatyi-Kogan , E. A. Patraman

We investigate the evolution of linear perturbations in the Symmetric Teleparallel Gravity, namely $f(Q)$ gravity, for which we design the $f(Q)$ function to match specific expansion histories. We consider different evolutions of the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2022-02-10 Inês S. Albuquerque , Noemi Frusciante

In this work, we consider an extension of symmetric teleparallel gravity, namely, $f(Q)$ gravity, where the fundamental block to describe spacetime is the nonmetricity, $Q$. Within this formulation of gravitation, we perform an…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2019-11-15 Ruth Lazkoz , Francisco S. N. Lobo , María Ortiz-Baños , Vincenzo Salzano

In theoretical physics, the fundamental nature and evolution mechanism of dark energy is still an open question. In General Relativity Theory, the simplest explanation for dark energy is the cosmological constant $\Lambda$. However, the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2022-03-09 Raja Solanki , Avik De , P. K. Sahoo

We present the first set of constant rest-mass ultra-massive oxygen/neon white dwarf cooling tracks with masses larger than 1.29 Msun which fully take into account the effects of general relativity on their structural and evolutionary…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-12-07 L. G. Althaus , M. E. Camisassa , S. Torres , T. Battich , A. H. Corsico , A. Rebassa-Mansergas , R. Raddi

We explore the potential variation of two fundamental constants, the fine-structure constant $\alpha$ and the proton-to-electron mass ratio $\mu$, within the framework of modified gravity theories and finite-temperature effects. Utilising…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-09-17 Akhil Uniyal , Surajit Kalita , Yosuke Mizuno , Sayan Chakrabarti , Yan Lu

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

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

We study the impact of the chameleon mechanism on the structure of white dwarfs. Using a shooting method of our design, we solve the corresponding scalar-tensor equilibrium equations for a Chandrasekhar equation of state, exploring various…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-08-05 Joan Bachs-Esteban , Ilídio Lopes , Javier Rubio

We present a novel derivation of scalar cosmological perturbations in the scalar-tensor extension of non-metricity gravity, where the non-metricity scalar $Q$ is non-minimally coupled to a dynamical scalar field. While previous…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-12-09 Ganesh Subramaniam , Avik De , Jackson Levi Said

There are so many ideas that potentially explain the dark energy phenomenon, current research is focusing on a more in-depth analysis of the potential effects of modified gravity on both local and cosmic scales. In this paper we have…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-11-24 S. H. Shekh , Hira Sohail , Irfan Mahmood , Allah Ditta , Anil Kumar Yadav

Due to the highly degeneracy of electrons in white dwarf stars, we expect that the relativistic effects play very important role in these stars. In the present article, we study the properties of the condensed matter in white dwarfs using…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-03-24 M. I. Nouh , A. S. Saad , M. M. Elkhateeb , B. Korany

This paper aims to provide an introduction to the problem of determining the mass-radius relationship for white dwarfs. Both Newtonian and general relativistic case are examined, electromagnetic interactions are considered and the problem…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-12-04 Federico Ambrosino

In this paper we study scalar perturbations of the metric for nonlinear $f(R)$ models. We consider the Universe at the late stage of its evolution and deep inside the cell of uniformity. We investigate the astrophysical approach in the case…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2014-09-04 Maxim Eingorn , Jan Novák , Alexander Zhuk

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

The properties of uniformly rotating white dwarfs (RWDs) are analyzed within the framework of Newton's gravity and general relativity. In both cases Hartle's formalism is applied to construct the internal and external solutions to the field…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-03-16 Kuantay Boshkayev , Jorge A. Rueda , Remo Ruffini , Ivan Siutsou