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Ayan Banerjee

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arXiv2021

All Conformally Flat Einstein--Gauss--Bonnet static Metrics

It is known that the standard Schwarzschild interior metric is conformally flat and generates a constant density sphere in any spacetime dimension in Einstein and Einstein--Gauss--Bonnet gravity. This motivates the questions: In EGB does the conformal flatness criterion yield the Schwarzschild metric? Does the assumption of constant density generate the Schwarzschild interior spacetime? The answer to both questions turn out in the negative in general. In the case of the constant density sphere, a generalised Schwarzschild metric emerges. When we invoke the conformal flatness condition the Schwarschild interior solution is obtained as one solution and another metric which does not yield a constant density hypersphere in EGB theory is found. For the latter solution one of the gravitational metrics is obtained explicitly while the other is determined up to quadratures in 5 and 6 dimensions. The physical properties of these new solutions are studied with the use of numerical methods and a parameter space is located for which both models display pleasing physical behaviour.

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arXiv2021

Non-Hermitian semi-Dirac semi-metals

Recently, many novel and exotic phases have been proposed by considering the role of topology in non-Hermitian systems, and their emergent properties are of wide current interest. In this work we propose the non-Hermitian generalization of semi-Dirac semimetals, which feature a linear dispersion along one momentum direction and a quadratic one along the other. We study the topological phase transitions in such two-dimensional semi-Dirac semimetals in the presence of a particle gain-and-loss term. We show that such a non-Hermitian term creates exceptional points originating out of each semi-Dirac point. We map out the topological phase diagram of our model, using winding number and vorticity as topological invariants of the system. By means of numerical and analytical calculations, we examine the nature of edge states for different types of semi-Dirac models and establish bulk-boundary correspondence and absence of the non-Hermitian skin effect, in one class. On the other hand, for other classes of semi-Dirac models with asymmetric hopping, we restore the non-Hermitian skin effect, an anomalous feature usually present in non-Hermitian topological systems.

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arXiv2021

Color-flavor locked quark stars in energy-momentum squared gravity

Several attempts have been made in the past decades to search for the true ground state of the dense matter at sufficiently large densities and low temperatures via compact astrophysical objects. Focusing on strange stars, we derive the hydrostatic equilibrium assuming a maximally symmetric phase of homogeneous superconducting quark matter called the \textit{color-flavor-locked} (CFL) phase in the background of energy-momentum squared gravity (EMSG). Theoretical and experimental investigations show that strange quark matter (SQM) in a CFL state can be the true ground state of hadronic matter at least for asymptotic densities, and even if the unequal quark masses. Motivated by these theoretical models, we explore the structure of stellar objects in recently proposed EMSG, which allows a correction term $T_{μν}T^{μν}$ in the action functional of the theory. Interestingly, EMSG may be effective to resolve the problems at high energy densities, e.g., relevant to the early universe and dense compact astrophysical objects without invoking some new forms of fluid stress, such as bulk viscosity or scalar fields. Finally, we solve the complicated field equations numerically to obtain the mass-radius relations for strange stars in CFL equation of state.

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arXiv2020

Strange Quark Stars in 4D Einstein-Gauss-Bonnet Gravity

The existence of strange matter in compact stars may pose striking sequels of the various physical phenomena. As an alternative to neutron stars, a new class of compact stars called strange stars should exist if the strange matter hypothesis is true. In the present article, we investigate the possible construction of the strange stars in quark matter phases based on the MIT bag model. We consider scenarios in which strange stars have no crusts. Then we apply two types of equations of state to quantify the mass-radius diagram for static strange star models performing the numerical calculation to the modified Tolman-Oppenheimer-Volkoff (TOV) equations in the context of $4D$ Einstein-Gauss-Bonnet gravity. It is worth noting that the GB term gives rise to a non-trivial contribution to the gravitational dynamics in the limit $D \to 4$. However, the claim that the resulting theory is of pure graviton was cast in doubt by several grounds. Thus, we begin our discussion with showing the regularized $4D$ EGB theory has an equivalent action as the novel $4D$ EGB in a spherically symmetric spacetime. We also study the effects of coupling constant $α$ on the physical properties of the constructed strange stars including the compactness and criterion of adiabatic stability. Finally, we compare our results to those obtained from the standard GR.

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arXiv2020

Controlling Exceptional Points with Light

We propose and show that application of light leads to an intriguing platform for controlling exceptional points in non-Hermitian topological systems. We demonstrate our proposal using three different non-Hermitian systems -- nodal line semimetals, semi-Dirac semimetals and Dirac semimetals -- and show that using illumination with light one can engineer the positions and stability of exceptional points. We illustrate the topological properties of these models and map out their light-driven topological phase transitions.

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arXiv2020

Isotropic compact stars in 4D Einstein-Gauss-Bonnet gravity

Recently it has been proposed that the Gauss-Bonnet coupling parameter of Lovelock gravity may suitably be rescaled in order to admit physically viable models of celestial phenomena such that higher curvature effects are active in standard four dimensions as opposed to the usual higher dimensions. We investigate the consequences of this modification in the context of stellar modelling. The evolution of perfect fluid distributions is governed by the pressure isotropy condition and through stipulation of one of the metric potentials complete models emerge from solutions of the master differential equation. New classes of exact solution with this approach have been reported. One particular model is analysed in detail and shown to comport with elementary physical requirements demanded of realistic compact stars suggesting that the modified theory is not inconsistent with observations.

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arXiv2020

Quark Stars in 4D Einstein-Gauss-Bonnet gravity with an Interacting Quark Equation of State

The detection of gravitational waves (GWs) from the binary neutron star (BNS) has opened a new window on the gravitational wave astronomy. With current sensitivities, detectable signals coming from compact objects like neutron stars turn out to be a crucial ingredient for probing their structure, composition, and evolution. Moreover, the astronomical observations on the pulsars and their mass-radius relations put important constraints on the dense matter equation of state (EoS). In this paper, we consider a homogeneous and unpaired charge-neutral $3$-flavor interacting quark matter with $\mathcal{O}(m_s^4)$ corrections that account for the moderately heavy strange quark instead of the naive MIT bag model. In this article, we perform a detailed analysis of strange quark star in the context of recently proposed $4D$ Einstein-Gauss-Bonnet (EGB) theory of gravity. However, this theory does not have standard four-dimensional field equations. Thus, we thoroughly show that the equivalence of the actions in the regularized $4D$ EGB theory and in the original one is satisfied for a spherically symmetric spacetime. We pay particular attention to the possible existence of massive neutron stars of mass compatible with $M \sim 2 M_{\odot}$. Our findings suggest that the fourth-order corrections parameter ($a_4$) of the QCD perturbation and coupling constant $α$ of the GB term play an important role in the mass-radius relation as well as the stability of the quark star. Finally, we compare the results with the well-measured limits of the pulsars and their mass and radius extracted from the spectra of several X-ray compact sources.

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arXiv2020

Conformally symmetric traversable wormholes in $f(R,T)$ gravity

To find more deliberate $f(R, T)$ astrophysical solutions, we proceed by studying wormhole geometries under the assumption of spherical symmetry and the existence of a conformal Killing symmetry to attain the more acceptable astrophysical results. To do this, we consider a more plausible and simple model $f(R,T)=R+2χT$, where $R$ is the Ricci scalar and $T= -ρ+p_r+2p_t$ denotes the trace of the energy-momentum tensor of the matter content. We explore and analyze two cases separately. In the first part, wormhole solutions are constructed for the matter sources with isotropic pressure. However, the obtained solution does not satisfy the required wormhole conditions. In the second part, we introduce an EoS relating with pressure (radial and lateral) and density. We constrain the models with phantom energy EoS i.e. $ω= p_r/ ρ< -1$, consequently violating the null energy condition. Next, we analyze the model via $p_t= n p_r $. Several physical properties and characteristics of these solutions are investigated which are consistent with previous references about wormholes. We mainly focus on energy conditions (NEC, WEC and SEC) and consequently for supporting the respective wormhole geometries in details. In both cases it is found that the energy density is positive as seen by any static observer. To support the theoretical results, we also plotted several figures for different parameter values of the model that helps us to confirm the predictions. Finally, the volume integral quantifier, which provides useful information about the total amount of exotic matter required to maintain a traversable wormhole is discussed briefly.

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arXiv2020

Wormholes in 4D Einstein-Gauss-Bonnet Gravity

Recently Glavan and Lin [Phys. Rev. Lett. 124, 081301 (2020)] formulated the Einstein-Gauss-Bonnet (EGB) gravity by re-scaling GB coupling constant as $α/(D-4)$ and taking limit $D \to 4$ at the level of field equations. The GB contribution, in the resulting novel 4D EGB theory, makes a nontrivial contribution and the theory preserves the number of degrees of freedom thereby free from the Ostrogradsky instability, and also bypasses the Lovelock theorem. We obtain an exact spherically symmetric wormhole solutions in the novel 4D EGB gravity for an isotropic and anisotropic matter sources. In this regard, we consider also a wormhole with a specific radial-dependent shape function, a power-law density profile as well as by imposing a particular equation of state. To this end, we analyze the flare-out conditions, embedding diagrams, energy conditions and the volume integral quantifier. In particular our $-$ve branch results, in the limit $α\rightarrow 0$, reduced exactly to \emph{vis-$\grave{a}$-vis} 4D Moriss-Thorne wormholes of GR.

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arXiv2020

Anisotropic Compact stars in the Buchdahl model: A comprehensive study

In this article, we present a class of relativistic solutions describing spherically symmetric and static anisotropic stars in hydrostatic equilibrium. For this purpose, we consider a particularized matric potential, namely, Buchdahl ansatz [Phys. Rev. D \textbf{116}, 1027 (1959).] which encompasses almost all the known analytic solutions to the spherically symmetric, static Einstein field equations(EFEs) with a perfect fluid source, including in particular the Vaidya-Tikekar and Finch-Skea. We here developed the model by considering an anisotropic spherically symmetric static general relativistic configuration that plays a significant effect on the structure and properties of stellar objects. We have considered eight different cases for generalized Buchdahl dimensionless parameter $K$, and analyzed them in a uniform manner. As a result, it turns out that all the considered cases are valid at every point in the interior spacetime. In addition to this, we show that the model satisfies all the energy conditions and maintains the hydrostatic equilibrium equation. In the framework of the anisotropic hypothesis, we consider analogue objects with similar mass and radii such as LMC X-4, SMC X-1, EXO 1785-248 \emph{etc} to restrict the model parameter arbitrariness. Also, establishing a relation between pressure and density in the form of $P = P (ρ)$, we demonstrate that EoSs can be approximated to a linear function of density. Despite the simplicity of this model, the obtained results are satisfactory.

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arXiv2020

Color flavor locked strange stars in 4D Einstein-Gauss-Bonnet gravity

This work is devoted on the recently introduced Einstein-Gauss-Bonnet gravity in four dimensions. The theory can bypass the Lovelock's theorem and avoids Ostrogradsky instability. The integrated part of this theory is the GB term gives rise to a non-trivial contribution to the gravitational dynamics in the limit $D \to 4$. Our main interest is to explore a class of static and spherically symmetric compact objects made of strange matter in the color flavor locked (CFL) phase, in which all three quark flavors participate to pairing symmetrically. It is therefore natural to ask for compact objects in 4$D$ EGB gravity since, compact stars signatures may be the test-bed to compare new models to the Einstein gravity; on the other hand, this could shed new light on the possible presence of CFL phase in compact stars. This feature may be relevant in view of recent observations claiming the existence of stable compact \emph{quark} stars (hybrid neutron stars or strange stars).

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arXiv2020

Direct observation of the effects of spin dependent momentum of light in optical tweezers

We demonstrate that tight focusing of a circularly polarized Gaussian beam in optical tweezers leads to spin-momentum locking - with the transverse spin angular momentum density being independent of helicity, while the transverse momentum (Poynting vector) becomes helicity dependent. Our theoretical calculations, numerical simulations, and experiments reveal that the presence of a stratified medium in the path of the trapping beam significantly enhances the magnitude of transverse momentum in the radial direction with respect to the beam axis, and likewise, also leads to high off-axial intensity. This overlap allows us to experimentally observe the circular motion of a birefringent particle, trapped off-axis, in response to an input circularly polarized fundamental Gaussian beam carrying no intrinsic orbital angular momentum. The circular motion is dependent on the helicity of the input beam, so that we can identify it to be the signature of the elusive Belinfante spin in propagating light beams obtained in our optical tweezers setup. Our work can be extended to higher-order beams carrying intrinsic orbital angular momentum leading to simple routes of achieving complex particle manipulation using optical tweezers.

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arXiv2020

Conformally symmetric traversable wormholes in modified teleparallel gravity

In this paper, we consider wormhole geometries in the context of teleparallel equivalent of general relativity (TEGR) as well as $f(T)$ gravity. The TEGR is an alternative geometrical formulation of Einstein's general relativity, where modified teleparallel gravity or $f(T)$ gravity has been invoked as an alternative approach for explaining an accelerated expansion of the universe. We present the analytical solutions under the assumption of spherical symmetry and the existence of a conformal Killing vectors to proceed a more systematic approach in searching for exact wormhole solutions. More preciously, the existence of a conformal symmetry places restrictions on the model. Considering the field equations with a diagonal tetrad and anisotropic distribution of the fluid, we study the properties of traversable wormholes in TEGR that violates the weak and the null energy conditions at the throat and its vicinity. In the second part, wormhole solutions are constructed in the framework of $f(T)$ gravity, where $T$ represents torsion scalar. As a consistency check, we also discuss the behavior of energy conditions with a viable power-law $f(T)$ model and the corresponding shape functions. In addition, a wide variety of solutions are deduced by considering a linear equation of state relating the density and pressure, for the isotropic and anisotropic pressure, independently of the shape functions, and various phantom wormhole geometries are explored.

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arXiv2019

Buchdahl model in f(R, T) gravity: A comparative study with standard Einstein's gravity

This paper is devoted in the study of the hydrostatic equilibrium of stellar structure in the framework of modified $f(R, T)$ gravity theory that allows the non-conservation of energy-momentum, with possible implications for several cosmological and astrophysical issues such as the late-time cosmic acceleration of the universe without appealing to exotic matter fields. For this purpose, we consider the gravitational Lagrangian by taking an arbitrary function of the Ricci scalar and the trace of the stress-energy tensor. We obtain a generic form for the gravitational field equations and derive the field equation for $f(R,T)$ = $R+2 χT$. Here we propose a particular metric potential \textit{Buchdahl ansatz} [Phys. Rev. D 116, 1027 (1959)] in principle, of explaining almost all the known analytic solutions to the spherically symmetric, static Einstein equations with a perfect fluid source. For the choice of $f(T)= 2χT$ one may observe that the pressure and energy density profiles are markedly different. Important cases, which have been analyzed in detail, are all possible Buchdahl solutions for spherical equilibrium configuration in $f(R, T)$ gravity and compare them with standard gravity theory. We find that Buchdahl's solution in Einstein gravity and $f(R,T)$ gravity behaves in a similar manner but in some situations Einstein gravity displays more pleasing behavior than its $f(R,T)$ counterpart.

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arXiv2019

Analytical model of dark energy stars

In this article we study the structure and stability of compact astrophysical objects which are ruled by the dark energy equation of state (EoS). The existence of dark energy is important for explaining the current accelerated expansion of the universe. Exact solutions to Einstein field equations (EFE) have been found by considering particularized metric potential, Finch and Skea ansatz \cite{Finch}. The obtained solutions are relevant to the explanation of compact fluid sphere. Further, we have observed at the junction interface, the interior solution is matched with the Schwarzschild's exterior vacuum solution. Based on that, we have noticed the obtained solutions are well in agreement with the observed maximum mass bound of $\approx$ 2$M_{\bigodot}$, namely, PSR J1416-2230, Vela X-1, 4U 1608-52, Her X-1 and PSR J1903+327, whose predictable masses and radii are not compatible with the standard neutron star models. Also, the stability of the stellar configuration has been discussed briefly, by considering the energy conditions, surface redshift, compactness, mass-radius relation in terms of the state parameter ($ω$). Finally, we demonstrate that the features so obtained are physically acceptable and consistent with the observed/reported data \citep{Gondek-Rosinska,Glendenning}. Thus, the present dark energy equation of state appears talented regarding the presence of several exotic astrophysical matters.

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arXiv2019

Einstein's cluster mimicking compact star in the teleparallel equivalent of general relativity

We present a physically plausible solution representing Einstein's cluster mimicking the behaviors of compact star in the context of teleparallel equivalent of general relativity. The Teleparallel gravity (TEGR) is an alternative formulation of gravity which uses tetrads as the dynamical variables. We focus on two particularly interesting scenarios. First, we develop the Einstein clusters in TEGR field equations using effective energy-momentum tensor for diagonal as well as off-diagonal tetrad. We then study the clusters in modified $f(T)-$gravity for anisotropic fluid distribution. Based on these two theories, we further study the solution without net electric charge and then for charged solution. For charge parameter $k \rightarrow 0$, the charged solution reduces to neutral one. Our calculations show that when charge increases, the stiffness of the EoS also increases. This is due to increase in adiabatic index and sound speed approaching speed of light. When the charge increase beyond a certain limit ($0\le k \le 1.3 \times 10^{-5}$ and $0\le k \le 1 \times 10^{-6}$), the compactness parameter crosses the Buchdahl limit i.e. $2M/R>8/9$ and the solution start violating the causality condition. We test the Tolman-Oppenheimer-Volkoff (TOV) limit for such compact objects. We analyze the static stability criterion of the Einstein clusters for both charged and uncharged case, and the stability of such compact objects is enhanced by the presence some net electric charge. Finally, we compare our solution for pure general relativity. As a result, we concluded that the Einstein cluster solution do exist in pure GR, however, physically unfit to mimic compact stars. We have also extend our findings by assuming the diagonal or off-diagonal tetrad and specific case of $f(T)$. In such models, Einstein's cluster solutions do exist however can't mimic the properties of a compact star.

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arXiv2019

Shadow images of Kerr-like wormholes

Investigations of shadows of astrophysical entities constitute a major source of insight into the evolution of compact objects. Such effects depend on the nature of the compact object and arise on account of the strong gravitational lensing that casts a shadow on the bright background. We consider the Kerr-like wormhole spacetime (Phys.\ Rev.\ D 97:024040, 2018), which is a modification of the Kerr black hole that degenerates into wormholes for nonzero values of the deviation parameter $λ^2$. The results suggest that the Kerr spacetime can reproduce far away from the throat of the wormhole. We obtain the shapes of the shadow for the Kerr-like wormholes and discuss the effect of the spin $a$, the inclination angle $θ_0$, and the deviation parameter $λ^2$ on the size and nature of the shadow. As a consequence, it is discovered that the shadow is distorted due to the spin as well as the deviation parameter and the radius of the shadow decreases with $λ^2$ if the ADM mass of the Kerr-like wormholes is considered.

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arXiv2019

Relativistic charged spheres: Compact stars, compactness and stable configurations

This paper aims to explore a class of static stellar equilibrium configuration of relativistic charged spheres made of a charged perfect fluid. Solving the Einstein-Maxwell field equations, we consider a particularized metric potential, Buchdahl ansatz [ Phys. Rev.116, 1027 (1959)] and then by using a simple transformation. The study is developed by matching the interior region with Riessner-Nordstr$\dot{\text{o}}$m metric as an exterior solution. The matter content the charged sphere satisfies all the energy conditions and hydrostatic equilibrium equation, i.e. the modified Tolman-Oppenheimer-Volkoff (TOV) equation for the charged case is maintained. In addition to this, we also discuss some important properties of the charged sphere such as total electric charge, mass-radius relation, surface redshift, and the speed of sound are analyzed. Obtained solutions are presented by the graphical representation that provides strong evidence for a more realistic and viable stellar structure. Obtained results are compared with analogue objects with similar mass and radii, such as SAX J1808.4-3658, 4U 1538-52, PSR J1903+327, Vela X-1, and 4U1608-52. It is also noted that the Buchdahl ansatz for a given transformation provides a physically viable solution only for the charged case when $0 < K < 1$, where density and pressure are maximum at the center and monotonically decreasing towards the boundary. Obtained results are also quite important both from theoretical and astrophysical scale to analyze other compact objects such as white dwarfs, neutron stars, boson stars, and quark stars.

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