https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-019-6555-4
Regular Article - Theoretical Physics
Polytropic stars in Palatini gravity
1
Institute of Physics, Maria Curie-Skłodowska University, pl. Marii Curie-Skłodowskiej 1, 20-031, Lublin, Poland
2
Núcleo Cosmo-ufes & PPGCosmo, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, Vitória, ES, 29075-910, Brasil
* e-mail: aneta.wojnar@poczta.umcs.lublin.pl
Received:
3
September
2018
Accepted:
5
January
2019
Published online:
21
January
2019
We have derived a modified Lane–Emden equation for the Starobinsky model in Palatini gravity which is numerically solvable. Comparing the results to the ones provided by General Relativity we observe a significant difference depending on the theory parameter for the relations.
© The Author(s), 2019