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A conservative energy-momentum tensor in the f(R,T) gravity and its implications for the phenomenology of neutron stars

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Autor(es):
dos Santos, S. I. [1] ; Carvalho, G. A. [1, 2, 3, 4] ; Moraes, P. H. R. S. [1, 5] ; Lenzi, C. H. [1] ; Malheiro, M. [1]
Número total de Autores: 5
Afiliação do(s) autor(es):
[1] Inst Tecnol Aeronaut, Dept Fis, BR-12228900 Sao Jose Dos Campos, SP - Brazil
[2] Sapienza Univ Roma, Dipartimento Fis, Ple Aldo Moro 5, I-00185 Rome - Italy
[3] Sapienza Univ Roma, ICRA, Ple Aldo Moro 5, I-00185 Rome - Italy
[4] ICRANet, Piazza Repubbl 10, I-65122 Pescara - Italy
[5] Univ Napoli Federico II, Dipartimento Fis, I-80126 Naples - Italy
Número total de Afiliações: 5
Tipo de documento: Artigo Científico
Fonte: EUROPEAN PHYSICAL JOURNAL PLUS; v. 134, n. 8 AUG 2019.
Citações Web of Science: 0
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The solutions for the Tolmann-Oppenheimer-Volkoff (TOV) equation bring valuable information about the macroscopical features of compact astrophysical objects as neutron stars. They are sensitive to both the equation of state considered for nuclear matter and the background gravitational theory. In this work we construct the TOV equation for a conservative version of the f(R, T) gravity. While the non-vanishing of the covariant derivative of the f(R, T) energy-momentum tensor yields, in a cosmological perspective, the prediction of creation of matter throughout the universe evolution, in the analysis of the hydrostatic equilibrium of compact astrophysical objects, this property still lacks a convincing physical explanation. The imposition of del T-mu(mu nu) = 0 demands a particular form for the function h(T) in f(R, T) = R + h(T), which is here derived. Therefore, the choice of a specific equation of state for the stellar matter demands a unique form of h(T), manifesting a strong connection between conserved f(R, T) gravity and the stellar matter constitution. We construct and solve the TOV equation for the general equation of state p = k rho(Gamma), with p being the stellar pressure, k the EoS parameter, rho the energy density and Gamma the adiabatic index. We derive the macroscopical properties of neutron stars (G = 5/3) within this approach and show that their masses are very sensitive to the parameter a that enters in the h(T) function, while their radii are not. These conclusions are in contrast with previous works of compact stars in the non-conservative version of the theory, where the stellar masses do not change considerably but the stellar radii exhibit a large increase, not very consistent with the neutron star phenomenology. (AU)

Processo FAPESP: 15/08476-0 - Ondas gravitacionais em teorias f(R,T): estados de polarização e fontes astrofísicas
Beneficiário:Pedro Henrique Ribeiro da Silva Moraes
Modalidade de apoio: Bolsas no Brasil - Pós-Doutorado
Processo FAPESP: 13/26258-4 - Matéria superdensa no universo
Beneficiário:Manuel Máximo Bastos Malheiro de Oliveira
Modalidade de apoio: Auxílio à Pesquisa - Temático
Processo FAPESP: 18/20689-7 - Estrelas de Gauss-Bonnet
Beneficiário:Pedro Henrique Ribeiro da Silva Moraes
Modalidade de apoio: Bolsas no Exterior - Estágio de Pesquisa - Pós-Doutorado