Tolman-Oppenheimer-Volkoff equation and static spheres in conformal Killing gravity
We derive the analog of the Tolman-Oppenheimer-Volkoff equation in conformal Killing gravity in a static spherically symmetric spacetime, sourced by anisotropic fluid matter. It differs from the original equation by new dark terms associated to a conformal Killing tensor. The formulation of gravity as an Einstein equation augmented by a conserved conformal Killing tensor enables to implement the junction conditions for a sphere of anisotropic fluid with the conformal Killing vacuum. The equations are solved for a perfect fluid sphere with uniform matter density, in the Harada vacuum. The extension of Buchdahl's equation for the critical radius--mass density is obtained.
Authors
- Luca Guido Molinari (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5023-787X)
- Carlo Alberto Mantica (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5638-8655)
Institutions
- University of Milan (IT)
- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Milano (IT)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Physical review. D/Physical review. D.
- Published
- 2025-03-31
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevd.111.064085
- Citations
- 6
- Primary Topic
- Cosmology and Gravitation Theories
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 6.93