Physics Letters B 742 (2015) 160–166
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Nonperturbative models of quark stars in f (R) gravity
Artyom V. Astashenok
a
, Salvatore Capozziello
b,c,d,∗
, Sergei D. Odintsov
e,f
a
I. Kant Baltic Federal University, Institute of Physics and Technology, Nevskogo st. 14, 236041 Kaliningrad, Russia
b
Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Napoli “Federico II”, Italy
c
INFN Sez. di Napoli, Compl. Univ. di Monte S. Angelo, Ed. G., Via Cinthia, 9, I-80126 Napoli, Italy
d
Gran Sasso Science Institute (INFN), Viale F. Crispi, 7, I-67100 L’Aquila, Italy
e
Instituciò Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats (ICREA), Barcelona, Spain
f
Institut de Ciencies de l’Espai (IEEC-CSIC), Campus UAB, Facultat de Ciencies, Torre C5-Par-2a pl, E-08193 Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain
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Article history:
Received
17 December 2014
Received
in revised form 20 January 2015
Accepted
21 January 2015
Available
online 23 January 2015
Editor:
J. Hisano
Keywords:
Modified
gravity
Compact
stars
Quark
stars
Quark star models with realistic equation of state in nonperturbative f (R) gravity are considered. The
mass-radius relation for f (R) = R + αR
2
model is obtained. Considering scalar curvature R as an
independent function, one can find out, for each value of central density, the unique value of central
curvature for which one has solutions with the required asymptotic R → 0for r →∞. In other words,
one needs a fine-tuning for R to achieve quark stars in f (R) gravity. We consider also the analogue
description in corresponding scalar-tensor gravity. The fine-tuning on R is equivalent to the fine-tuning
on the scalar field φ in this description. For distant observers, the gravitational mass of the star
increases with increasing α (α > 0) but the interpretation of this fact depends on frame where we work.
Considering directly f (R) gravity, one can say that increasing of mass occurs by the “gravitational sphere”
outside the star with some “effective mass”. On the other hand, in conformal scalar-tensor theory, we
also have a dilaton sphere (or “disphere”) outside the star but its contribution to gravitational mass for
distant observer is negligible. We show that it is possible to discriminate modified theories of gravity
from General Relativity due to the gravitational redshift of the thermal spectrum emerging from the
surface of the star.
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1. Introduction
The accelerated expansion of the Universe remains one of the
puzzles of modern cosmology. Initially discovered by observations
of distant standard candles [1–3], this acceleration is confirmed by
several other observations such as microwave background radiation
(CMBR) anisotropies [4], cosmic shear through gravitational weak
lensing surveys [5] and data on Lyman alpha forest absorption
lines [6]. Analysis of these observations shows that the required
cosmological dynamics cannot be obtained by models where the
universe contains only standard matter and radiation or, in some
sense, canonical scalar fields.
One
possible solution of this puzzle is that General Relativity
should be modified. It is possible to obtain accelerated expansion
in modified gravity without assuming dark energy as a new mate-
rial
field [7–15].
*
Corresponding author.
E-mail
address: capozziello@na.infn.it (S. Capozziello).
Another explanation considers the existence of a non-standard
cosmic fluid with negative pressure consisting about 70% of the
universe energy, which is not clustered in large scale structure.
However, the nature of this dark energy fluid is unclear. According
to the simplest hypothesis, the dark energy is nothing else but the
Einstein Cosmological Constant. Despite some questions at funda-
mental
level (for example the cosmological constant problem and
problems with fine tuning [16]), the ΛCDM model [17], based on
dark matter and cosmological Λ term, gives, in principle, a good
agreement
with observational data at present epoch.
It
has been shown that modified gravity also could give ad-
equate
description of cosmological observations [17–20]. One can
conclude therefore that cosmological observations only cannot wit-
ness
in favor to modified gravity or ΛCDM model. We need new
probes and testbeds at completely different scales.
Specifically,
any theory of modified gravity should be tested at
astrophysical level also. One can hope that strong field regimes of
relativistic stars could discriminate between General Relativity and
its possible extensions [21]. For example, some models of f (R)
gravity can be rejected since they do not allow the existence of
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