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Author Olmo, G.J.; Rubiera-Garcia, D.; Wojnar, A.
Title Minimum main sequence mass in quadratic Palatini f(R) gravity Type Journal Article
Year 2019 Publication Physical Review D Abbreviated Journal (down) Phys. Rev. D
Volume 100 Issue 4 Pages 044020 - 9pp
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Abstract General relativity yields an analytical prediction of a minimum required mass of roughly similar to 0.08-0.09 M-circle dot for a star to stably burn sufficient hydrogen to fully compensate photospheric losses and, therefore, to belong to the main sequence. Those objects below this threshold ( brown dwarfs) eventually cool down without any chance to stabilize their internal temperature. In this work we consider quadratic Palatini f(R) gravity and show that the corresponding Newtonian hydrostatic equilibrium equation contains a new term whose effect is to introduce a weakening/strengthening of the gravitational interaction inside astrophysical bodies. This fact modifies the general relativity prediction for this minimum main sequence mass. Through a crude analytical modeling we use this result in order to constraint a combination of the quadratic f(R) gravity parameter and the central density according to astrophysical observations.
Address [Olmo, Gonzalo J.] Univ Valencia, Dept Fis Teor, Ctr Mixto, CSIC, E-46100 Valencia, Spain, Email: gonzalo.olmo@uv.es;
Corporate Author Thesis
Publisher Amer Physical Soc Place of Publication Editor
Language English Summary Language Original Title
Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title
Series Volume Series Issue Edition
ISSN 2470-0010 ISBN Medium
Area Expedition Conference
Notes WOS:000480390800009 Approved no
Is ISI yes International Collaboration yes
Call Number IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 4108
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Author Lobo, F.S.N.; Olmo, G.J.; Orazi, E.; Rubiera-Garcia, D.; Rustam, A.
Title Structure and stability of traversable thin-shell wormholes in Palatini f(R) gravity Type Journal Article
Year 2020 Publication Physical Review D Abbreviated Journal (down) Phys. Rev. D
Volume 102 Issue 10 Pages 104012 - 11pp
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Abstract We study the structure and stability of traversable wormholes built as (spherically symmetric) thin shells in the context of Palatini f(R) gravity. Using a suitable junction formalism for these theories we find that the effective number of degrees of freedom on the shell is reduced to a single one, which fixes the equation of state to be that of massless stress-energy fields, contrary to the general relativistic and metric f(R) cases. Another major difference is that the surface energy density threading the thin shell, needed in order to sustain the wormhole, can take any sign and may even vanish, depending on the desired features of the corresponding solutions. We illustrate our results by constructing thin-shell wormholes by surgically grafting Schwarzschild space-times and show that these configurations are always linearly unstable. However, surgically joined Reissner-Nordstrom space-times allow for linearly stable, traversable thin-shell wormholes supported by a positive energy density provided that the (squared) mass-to-charge ratio, given by y = Q(2)/M-2, satisfies the constraint 1 < y < 9/8 (corresponding to overcharged Reissner-Nordstrom configurations having a photon sphere) and lies in a region bounded by specific curves defined in terms of the (dimensionless) radius of the shell x(0) = R/M.
Address [Lobo, Francisco S. N.] Univ Lisbon, Fac Ciencias, Inst Astrofis & Ciencias Espaco, Edificio C8,Campo Grande, P-1749016 Lisbon, Portugal, Email: fslobo@fc.ul.pt;
Corporate Author Thesis
Publisher Amer Physical Soc Place of Publication Editor
Language English Summary Language Original Title
Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title
Series Volume Series Issue Edition
ISSN 2470-0010 ISBN Medium
Area Expedition Conference
Notes WOS:000587286200006 Approved no
Is ISI yes International Collaboration yes
Call Number IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 4596
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Author Olmo, G.J.; Rubiera-Garcia, D.; Wojnar, A.
Title Parameterized nonrelativistic limit of stellar structure equations in Ricci-based gravity theories Type Journal Article
Year 2021 Publication Physical Review D Abbreviated Journal (down) Phys. Rev. D
Volume 104 Issue 2 Pages 024045 - 8pp
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Abstract We present the nonrelativistic limit of the stellar structure equations of Ricci-based gravities, a family of metric-affine theories whose Lagrangian is built via contractions of the metric with the Ricci tensor of an a priori independent connection. We find that this limit is characterized by four parameters that arise in the expansion of several geometric quantities in powers of the stress-energy tensor of the matter fields. We discuss the relevance of this result for the phenomenology of nonrelativistic stars, such as main-sequence stars as well as several substellar objects.
Address [Olmo, Gonzalo J.] Univ Valencia, Dept Fis Teor, Ctr Mixto, CSIC, Valencia 46100, Spain, Email: gonzalo.olmo@uv.es;
Corporate Author Thesis
Publisher Amer Physical Soc Place of Publication Editor
Language English Summary Language Original Title
Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title
Series Volume Series Issue Edition
ISSN 2470-0010 ISBN Medium
Area Expedition Conference
Notes WOS:000674579300010 Approved no
Is ISI yes International Collaboration yes
Call Number IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 4914
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Author Guerrero, M.; Olmo, G.J.; Rubiera-Garcia, D.; Saez-Chillon Gomez, D.
Title Light ring images of double photon spheres in black hole and wormhole spacetimes Type Journal Article
Year 2022 Publication Physical Review D Abbreviated Journal (down) Phys. Rev. D
Volume 105 Issue 8 Pages 084057 - 16pp
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Abstract The silhouette of a black hole having a critical curve (an unstable bound photon orbit) when illuminated by an optically thin accretion disk whose emission is confined to the equatorial plane shows a distinctive central brightness depression (the shadow) whose outer edge consists of a series of strongly lensed, selfsimilar rings superimposed with the disk???s direct emission. While the size and shape of the critical curve depend only on the background geometry, the pattern of bright and dark regions (including the size and depth of the shadow itself) in the image is strongly influenced by the (astro)physics of the accretion disk. This aspect makes it difficult to extract clean and clear observational discriminators between the Kerr black hole and other compact objects. In the presence of a second critical curve, however, observational differences become apparent. In this work we shall consider some spherically symmetric black hole and wormhole geometries characterized by the presence of a second critical curve, via a uniparametric family of extensions of the Schwarzschild metric. By assuming three toy models of geometrically thin accretion disks, we show the presence of additional light rings in the intermediate region between the two critical curves. The observation of such rings could represent a compelling evidence for the existence of black hole mimickers having multiple critical curves.
Address [Guerrero, Merce; Rubiera-Garcia, Diego] Univ Complutense Madrid, Dept Fis Teor, E-28040 Madrid, Spain, Email: merguerr@ucm.es;
Corporate Author Thesis
Publisher Amer Physical Soc Place of Publication Editor
Language English Summary Language Original Title
Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title
Series Volume Series Issue Edition
ISSN 2470-0010 ISBN Medium
Area Expedition Conference
Notes WOS:000810908800018 Approved no
Is ISI yes International Collaboration yes
Call Number IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 5261
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Author Alvarez-Ortega, D.; Olmo, G.J.; Rubiera-Garcia, D.; Saez-Chillon Gomez, D.
Title Eternal versus singular observers in interacting dark-energy-dark-matter models Type Journal Article
Year 2022 Publication Physical Review D Abbreviated Journal (down) Phys. Rev. D
Volume 106 Issue 2 Pages 023523 - 14pp
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Abstract Interacting dark-energy-dark-matter models have been widely analyzed in the literature in an attempt to find traces of new physics beyond the usual cosmological (Lambda CDM) models. Such a coupling between both dark components is usually introduced in a phenomenological way through a flux in the continuity equation. However, models with a Lagrangian formulation are also possible. A class of the latter assumes a conformal/disformal coupling that leads to a fifth force on the dark-matter component, which consequently does not follow the same geodesics as the other (baryonic, radiation, and dark-energy) matter sources. Here we analyze how the usual cosmological singularities of the standard matter frame are seen from the dark-matter one, concluding that by choosing an appropriate coupling, dark-matter observers will see no singularities but a non beginning, non ending universe. By considering two simple phenomenological models we show that such a type of coupling can fit observational data as well as the usual Lambda CDM model.
Address [Alvarez-Ortega, Diego] Inst Fis Cantabria CSIC UC, Avda Castros S-N, Santander 39005, Spain, Email: diego.alvarezo@alumnos.unican.es;
Corporate Author Thesis
Publisher Amer Physical Soc Place of Publication Editor
Language English Summary Language Original Title
Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title
Series Volume Series Issue Edition
ISSN 2470-0010 ISBN Medium
Area Expedition Conference
Notes WOS:000842768300012 Approved no
Is ISI yes International Collaboration yes
Call Number IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 5345
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Author Guerrero, M.; Olmo, G.J.; Rubiera-Garcia, D.; Saez-Chillon Gomez, D.
Title Multiring images of thin accretion disk of a regular naked compact object Type Journal Article
Year 2022 Publication Physical Review D Abbreviated Journal (down) Phys. Rev. D
Volume 106 Issue 4 Pages 044070 - 13pp
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Abstract We discuss the importance of multiring images in the optical appearance of a horizonless spherically symmetric compact object, when illuminated by an optically thin accretion disk. Such an object corresponds to a subcase of an analytically tractable extension of the Kerr solution dubbed as the “eye of the storm” by Simpson and Visser in [J. Cosmol. Astropart. Phys. 03 (2022) 011], which merits in removing curvature singularities via an asymptotically Minkowski core, while harboring both a critical curve and an infinite potential barrier at the center for null geodesics. This multiring structure is induced by light rays winding several times around the object, and whose luminosity is significantly boosted as compared to the Schwarzschild solution by the modified shape of the potential. Using three toy profiles for the emission of an infinitely thin disk, truncated at its inner edge (taking its maximum value there) and having different decays with the distance, we discuss the image created by up to eight rings superimposed on top of the direct emission of the disk as its edge is moved closer to the center of the object. Our results point to the existence of multiring images with a non-negligible luminosity in shadow observations when one allows for the existence of other compact objects in the cosmic zoo beyond the Schwarzschild solution. Such multiring images could be detectable within the future projects on very long baseline interferometry.
Address [Guerrero, Merce; Rubiera-Garcia, Diego] Univ Complutense Madrid, Dept Fis Teor, IPARCOS, Madrid 28040, Spain, Email: merguerr@ucm.es;
Corporate Author Thesis
Publisher Amer Physical Soc Place of Publication Editor
Language English Summary Language Original Title
Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title
Series Volume Series Issue Edition
ISSN 2470-0010 ISBN Medium
Area Expedition Conference
Notes WOS:000850772800006 Approved no
Is ISI yes International Collaboration yes
Call Number IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 5352
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Author Dias da Silva, L.F.; Lobo, F.S.N.; Olmo, G.J.; Rubiera-Garcia, D.
Title Photon rings as tests for alternative spherically symmetric geometries with thin accretion disks Type Journal Article
Year 2023 Publication Physical Review D Abbreviated Journal (down) Phys. Rev. D
Volume 108 Issue 8 Pages 084055 - 18pp
Keywords
Abstract The imaging by the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) of the supermassive central objects at the heart of the M87 and Milky Way (Sgr A*) galaxies, has marked the first step into peering at the photon rings and central brightness depression that characterize the optical appearance of black holes surrounded by an accretion disk. Recently, Vagnozzi et al. [arXiv:2205.07787] used the claim by the EHT that the size of the shadow of Sgr A* can be inferred by calibrated measurements of the bright ring enclosing it, to constrain a large number of spherically symmetric space-time geometries. In this work we use this result to study some features of the first and second photon rings of a restricted pool of such geometries in thin accretion disk settings. The emission profile of the latter is described by calling upon three analytic samples belonging to the family introduced by Gralla, Lupsasca, and Marrone, in order to characterize such photon rings using the Lyapunov exponent of nearly bound orbits and discuss its correlation with the luminosity extinction rate between the first and second photon rings. We finally elaborate on the chances of using such photon rings as observational discriminators of alternative black hole geometries using very long baseline interferometry.
Address [Dias da Silva, Luis F.; Lobo, Francisco S. N.] Univ Lisbon, Inst Astrofis & Ciencias Espaco, Fac Ciencias, Edificio C8, P-1749016 Lisbon, Portugal, Email: fc53497@alunos.fc.ul.pt;
Corporate Author Thesis
Publisher Amer Physical Soc Place of Publication Editor
Language English Summary Language Original Title
Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title
Series Volume Series Issue Edition
ISSN 2470-0010 ISBN Medium
Area Expedition Conference
Notes WOS:001093442700002 Approved no
Is ISI yes International Collaboration yes
Call Number IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 5779
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Author Beltran Jimenez, J.; Heisenberg, L.; Olmo, G.J.; Rubiera-Garcia, D.
Title Born-Infeld inspired modifications of gravity Type Journal Article
Year 2018 Publication Physics Reports Abbreviated Journal (down) Phys. Rep.
Volume 727 Issue Pages 1-129
Keywords Born-Infeld gravity; Astrophysics; Black holes; Cosmology; Early universe; Compact objects; Singularities
Abstract General Relativity has shown an outstanding observational success in the scales where it has been directly tested. However, modifications have been intensively explored in the regimes where it seems either incomplete or signals its own limit of validity. In particular, the breakdown of unitarity near the Planck scale strongly suggests that General Relativity needs to be modified at high energies and quantum gravity effects are expected to be important. This is related to the existence of spacetime singularities when the solutions of General Relativity are extrapolated to regimes where curvatures are large. In this sense, Born-Infeld inspired modifications of gravity have shown an extraordinary ability to regularise the gravitational dynamics, leading to non-singular cosmologies and regular black hole spacetimes in a very robust manner and without resorting to quantum gravity effects. This has boosted the interest in these theories in applications to stellar structure, compact objects, inflationary scenarios, cosmological singularities, and black hole and wormhole physics, among others. We review the motivations, various formulations, and main results achieved within these theories, including their observational viability, and provide an overview of current open problems and future research opportunities.
Address [Beltran Jimenez, Jose] Univ Autonoma Madrid, CSIC, Inst Fis Teor, E-28049 Madrid, Spain, Email: jose.beltran@uam.es;
Corporate Author Thesis
Publisher Elsevier Science Bv Place of Publication Editor
Language English Summary Language Original Title
Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title
Series Volume Series Issue Edition
ISSN 0370-1573 ISBN Medium
Area Expedition Conference
Notes WOS:000425482900001 Approved no
Is ISI yes International Collaboration yes
Call Number IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 3497
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Author Olmo, G.J.; Rubiera-Garcia, D.; Wojnar, A.
Title Stellar structure models in modified theories of gravity: Lessons and challenges Type Journal Article
Year 2020 Publication Physics Reports Abbreviated Journal (down) Phys. Rep.
Volume 876 Issue Pages 1-75
Keywords Stellar structure; Modified gravity; Palatini formalism; Neutron stars; Brown dwarfs; Relativistic stars; Weak field; f(R) theories; Born-Infeld theory; Horndeski theory
Abstract The understanding of stellar structure represents the crossroads of our theories of the nuclear force and the gravitational interaction under the most extreme conditions observably accessible. It provides a powerful probe of the strong field regime of General Relativity, and opens fruitful avenues for the exploration of new gravitational physics. The latter can be captured via modified theories of gravity, which modify the Einstein-Hilbert action of General Relativity and/or some of its principles. These theories typically change the Tolman-Oppenheimer-Volkoff equations of stellar's hydrostatic equilibrium, thus having a large impact on the astrophysical properties of the corresponding stars and opening a new window to constrain these theories with present and future observations of different types of stars. For relativistic stars, such as neutron stars, the uncertainty on the equation of state of matter at supranuclear densities intertwines with the new parameters coming from the modified gravity side, providing a whole new phenomenology for the typical predictions of stellar structure models, such as mass-radius relations, maximum masses, or moment of inertia. For non-relativistic stars, such as white, brown and red dwarfs, the weakening/strengthening of the gravitational force inside astrophysical bodies via the modified Newtonian (Poisson) equation may induce changes on the star's mass, radius, central density or luminosity, having an impact, for instance, in the Chandrasekhar's limit for white dwarfs, or in the minimum mass for stable hydrogen burning in high-mass brown dwarfs. This work aims to provide a broad overview of the main such results achieved in the recent literature for many such modified theories of gravity, by combining the results and constraints obtained from the analysis of relativistic and non-relativistic stars in different scenarios. Moreover, we will build a bridge between the efforts of the community working on different theories, formulations, types of stars, theoretical modelings, and observational aspects, highlighting some of the most promising opportunities in the field.
Address [Olmo, Gonzalo J.] Univ Valencia, Dept Fis Teor, Ctr Mixto, CSIC, Valencia 46100, Spain, Email: gonzalo.olmo@uv.es;
Corporate Author Thesis
Publisher Elsevier Place of Publication Editor
Language English Summary Language Original Title
Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title
Series Volume Series Issue Edition
ISSN 0370-1573 ISBN Medium
Area Expedition Conference
Notes WOS:000570298900001 Approved no
Is ISI yes International Collaboration yes
Call Number IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 4531
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Author Guendelman, E.I.; Olmo, G.J.; Rubiera-Garcia, D.; Vasihoun, M.
Title Nonsingular electrovacuum solutions with dynamically generated cosmological constant Type Journal Article
Year 2013 Publication Physics Letters B Abbreviated Journal (down) Phys. Lett. B
Volume 726 Issue 4-5 Pages 870-875
Keywords Modified gravity; Palatini formalism; Nonlinear electrodynamics; Dynamical cosmological constant; Nonsingular solutions; Wormholes
Abstract We consider static spherically symmetric configurations in a Palatini extension of General Relativity including R-2 and Ricci-squared terms, which is known to replace the central singularity by a wormhole in the electrovacuum case. We modify the matter sector of the theory by adding to the usual Maxwell term a nonlinear electromagnetic extension which is known to implement a confinement mechanism in flat space. One feature of the resulting theory is that the nonlinear electric field leads to a dynamically generated cosmological constant. We show that with this matter source the solutions of the model are asymptotically de Sitter and possess a wormhole topology. We discuss in some detail the conditions that guarantee the absence of singularities and of traversable wormholes.
Address [Guendelman, E. I.; Vasihoun, M.] Ben Gurion Univ Negev, Dept Phys, IL-84105 Beer Sheva, Israel, Email: guendel@bgumail.bgu.ac.il;
Corporate Author Thesis
Publisher Elsevier Science Bv Place of Publication Editor
Language English Summary Language Original Title
Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title
Series Volume Series Issue Edition
ISSN 0370-2693 ISBN Medium
Area Expedition Conference
Notes WOS:000327907000045 Approved no
Is ISI yes International Collaboration yes
Call Number IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 1680
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