Gravitational antiscreening in stellar interiors

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A new class of relativistic stellar structure equations which include the effects of an energy-dependent Newton coupling is presented. Significant modifications in the massradius relation for neutron stars are possible only if the running of the Newton coupling due to quantum gravity occurs at low energies. A new Buchdahl limit is derived and its physical implications are discussed. In particular, sub-Planckian self-gravitating objects with arbitrarily small radii are possible.

OriginalsprogEngelsk
Artikelnummer022
TidsskriftJournal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics
Vol/bind2020
Udgave nummer1
ISSN1475-7516
DOI
StatusUdgivet - 8 jan. 2020

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