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Tolman-Oppenheimer-Volkoff equations in non-local $f(R)$ gravity

Abstract

Non-local $f(R)$ gravity was proposed as a powerfull alternative to general relativity (GR) . This theory has potentially adverse implications for infrared (IR) regime as well as ultraviolent(UV) early epochs. However, there are a lot of powerful features, making it really user-friendly. A scalar-tensor frame comprising two auxiliary scalar fields, used to reduce complex action. However this is not the case for the modification complex which plays a distinct role in modified theories for gravity. In this work, we study the dynamics of a static, spherically symmetric object. The interior region of spacetime had rapidly filled the perfect fluid. However, it is possible to derive a physically based model which relates interior metric to non-local $f(R)$. The Tolman-Oppenheimer-Volkoff (TOV) equations would be a set of first order differential equations from which we can deduce all mathematical (physical) truths and derive all dynamical objects. This set of dynamical equations govern pressure $p$, density $\rho$, mass $m$ and auxiliary fields $\{\psi,\xi\}$. The full conditional solutions are evaluated and inverted numerically to obtain exact forms of the compact stars Her X-1, SAX J 1808.4-3658 and 4U 1820-30 for non-local Starobinsky model of $f(\Box^{-1}R)=\Box^{-1}R+\alpha \Big(\Box^{-1}R\Big)^2$. The program solves the differential equations numerically using adaptive Gaussian quadrature. An ascription of correctness is supposed to be an empirical equation of state $\frac{P}{P_c}= a (1- e^{-b\frac{\rho}{\rho_c}})$ for star which is informative in so far as it excludes an alternative non local approach to compact star formation. This model is most suited for astrophysical observation.

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Davood Momeni, H. Gholizade, Muhammad Raza, Ratbay Myrzakulov. 2015-02-17. Tolman-Oppenheimer-Volkoff equations in non-local $f(R)$ gravity. https://doi.org/10.1142/s0217751x15500931

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