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In theoretical cosmology, symmetric teleparallel gravity or $f(Q)$ gravity based on nonmetricity tensor Q has become an interesting alternative to General relativity in recent years. The present research paper contains a rigorous dynamical…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-07-21 Ratul Mandal , Ujjal Debnath , Anirudh Pradhan

Spectrophotometric observations at high signal-to-noise ratio were obtained of a complete sample of 347 DA white dwarfs from the Palomar Green (PG) Survey. Fits of observed Balmer lines to synthetic spectra calculated from pure-hydrogen…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-09-17 J. Liebert , P. Bergeron , J. B Holberg

We investigate static spherically symmetric spacetimes within the framework of symmetric teleparallel $f(Q)$ gravity in order to describe relativistic stars. We adopt a specific ansatz for the background geometry corresponding to a…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-02-12 Nikolaos Dimakis , Alex Giacomini , Andronikos Paliathanasis , Grigorios Panotopoulos

This work provides the first comparison of the symmetron and dilaton fields in white dwarfs. We show how these screening mechanisms behave inside {such stars} and their impact on stellar properties. Employing a custom-developed shooting…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-05-15 Joan Bachs-Esteban , Ilídio Lopes , Javier Rubio

Recently, several white dwarfs with very strong surface magnetic fields have been observed. In this paper we explore the possibility that such stars could have sufficiently strong internal fields to alter their structure. We obtain a…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 In-Saeng Suh , G. J. Mathews

Physically based changes to general relativity (GR) often predict significant differences in how spacetime behaves near massive neutron stars. One of these modifications is represented by $f(\mathcal{Q}, { \mathcal{T}})$, with $\mathcal{Q}$…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-10-21 G. G. L. Nashed , Tiberiu Harko

We show that recently proposed white dwarf models with masses well in excess of the Chandrasekhar limit, based on modifying the equation of state by a super-strong magnetic field in the centre, are very far from equilibrium because of the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-02-10 Rajaram Nityananda , Sushan Konar

We develop a detailed and self-consistent numerical model for extremely-magnetised white dwarfs, which have been proposed as progenitors of overluminous Type Ia supernovae. This model can describe fully-consistent equilibria of magnetic…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-04-18 D. Chatterjee , A. F. Fantina , N. Chamel , J. Novak , M. Oertel

We investigate static and spherically symmetric vacuum solutions in the symmetric teleparallel $f(\mathbb{Q})$ modified theory of gravity. Starting from a recently proposed classification of affine connections compatible with both the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-02-24 A. Dehyadegari , A. Sheykhi

Quark star models with realistic equation of state in nonperturbative $f(R)$ gravity are considered. The mass-radius relation for $f(R)=R+\alpha R^2$ model is obtained. Considering scalar curvature $R$ as an independent function, one can…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-06-23 A. V. Astashenok , S. Capozziello , S. D. Odintsov

Electron captures by atomic nuclei in dense matter are among the most important processes governing the late evolution of stars, limiting in particular the stability of white dwarfs. Despite considerable progress in the determination of the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-04-05 N. Chamel , L. Perot , A. F. Fantina , D. Chatterjee , S. Ghosh , J. Novak , M. Oertel

This study simulates strange stars in $f(Q)$ gravity with an additional source under an electric field using gravitational decoupling and the complete Gravitational Decoupling (CGD) technique. By employing the Tolman ansatz and the MIT bag…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-03-21 Santosh V. Lohakare , S. K. Maurya , Ksh. Newton Singh , B. Mishra , Abdelghani Errehymy

We investigate the structure of strange dwarfs, modeled as hybrid compact stars composed of a self bound strange quark matter core surrounded by a white dwarf like crust, within a fully relativistic framework. Static configurations are…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2026-02-06 Edson Otoniel , José D. V. Arbañil , Geanderson A. Carvalho , Fridolin Weber

The effect of a generalized uncertainty principle on the structure of an ideal white dwarf star is investigated. The equation describing the equilibrium configuration of the star is a generalized form of the Lane-Emden equation. It is…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2017-01-11 Reza Rashidi

In this paper, we explore the model of $f(Q,T)$ gravity, an extension of symmetric teleparallel gravity where the nonmetricity scalar $Q$ is non-minimally coupled to the trace of the energy-momentum tensor $T$. To ensure general covariance…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-09-09 Rahul Bhagat , Santosh V. Lohakare , B. Mishra

Symmetric teleparallel gravity and its $f(Q)$ extensions have emerged as promising alternatives to General Relativity (GR), yet the role of explicit geometry-matter couplings remains largely unexplored. In this work, we address this gap by…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-09-22 Ayush Hazarika , Simran Arora , P. K. Sahoo , Tiberiu Harko

In modern cosmology, the curiosity of ultimately understanding the nature of the dark energy controlling the recent acceleration of the Universe motivates us to explore its properties by using some novel approaches. In this work, to explore…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-12-19 Sanjay Mandal , Sneha Pradhan , P. K. Sahoo , Tiberiu Harko

We consider a scalar-tensor theory in teleparallel gravity where a general function of the scalar field, f(phi), is non-minimally coupled to the torsion scalar T. First, we derive the field equations in this framework. Then, we study the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-07-15 Naser Mohammadipour

In this study, the cosmological implications of nonminimally coupled $f(Q)$ gravity are examined within the metric-affine formalism, in which the nonmetricity scalar $Q$ couples directly to the matter Lagrangian. Within the symmetric…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-11-11 Simran Arora , Mridul Patel

Within the theoretical framework of some modern unification theories the constants of nature are functions of cosmological time. White dwarfs offer the possibility of testing a possible variation of G and, thus, to place constraints to…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-20 L. G. Althaus , A. H. Corsico , S. Torres , P. Loren-Aguilar , J. Isern , E. Garcia-Berro