https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-021-08881-8
Regular Article – Theoretical Physics
Interior solutions of relativistic stars with anisotropic matter in scale-dependent gravity
1
Centro de Astrofísica e Gravitação, Departamento de Física, Instituto Superior Técnico-IST, Universidade de Lisboa-UL, Av. Rovisco Pais, 1049-001, Lisbon, Portugal
2
Instituto de Física, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, Avenida Brasil 2950, Casilla, 4059, Valparaíso, Chile
a
grigorios.panotopoulos@tecnico.ulisboa.pt
Received:
26
September
2020
Accepted:
13
January
2021
Published online:
21
January
2021
We obtain well behaved interior solutions describing hydrostatic equilibrium of anisotropic relativistic stars in scale-dependent gravity, where Newton’s constant is allowed to vary with the radial coordinate throughout the star. Assuming (1) a linear equation-of-state in the MIT bag model for quark matter, and (2) a certain profile for the energy density, we integrate numerically the generalized structure equations, and we compute the basic properties of the strange quark stars, such as mass, radius and compactness. Finally, we demonstrate that stability criteria as well as the energy conditions are fulfilled. Our results show that a decreasing Newton’s constant throughout the objects leads to slightly more massive and more compact stars.
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