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.

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Physical review. D/Physical review. D.
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2025-03-31
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https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevd.111.064085
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6
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Cosmology and Gravitation Theories
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Tolman-Oppenheimer-Volkoff equation and static spheres in conformal Killing gravity

Luca Guido Molinari, Carlo Alberto Mantica
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Physical review. D/Physical review. D.
Cosmology and Gravitation Theories
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Tolman-Oppenheimer-Volkoff equation and static spheres in conformal Killing gravity

Luca Guido Molinari, Carlo Alberto Mantica
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6 citations

Abstract

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.

Physical review. D/Physical review. D.Vol. 111(6)
University of Milan (IT), Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Milano (IT)
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Cosmology and Gravitation Theories
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