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Modified Gravity (MOG) and Heavy Neutron Star in Mass Gap

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2020-08-17 v1 Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics

Abstract

The modified gravity (MOG) theory is applied to the gravitational wave binary merger GW190814 to demonstrate that the modified Tolman-Oppenheimer-Volkoff equation for a neutron star can produce a mass M=2.62.7MM=2.6 -2.7 M_\odot, allowing for the binary secondary component to be identified as a heavy neutron star in the hypothesized mass gap 2.55M2.5 - 5 M_\odot.

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@article{arxiv.2008.04404,
  title  = {Modified Gravity (MOG) and Heavy Neutron Star in Mass Gap},
  author = {J. W. Moffat},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2008.04404},
  year   = {2020}
}

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