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.

Original languageEnglish
Article number022
JournalJournal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics
Volume2020
Issue number1
ISSN1475-7516
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 8 Jan 2020

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    Research areas

  • Modified gravity, Neutron stars, Quantum gravity phenomenology, Stars

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