https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-021-09628-1
Regular Article - Theoretical Physics
Minimally deformed anisotropic stars by gravitational decoupling in Einstein–Gauss–Bonnet gravity
1
Department of Mathematical and Physical Sciences, College of Arts and Science, University of Nizwa, Nizwa, Sultanate of Oman
2
Department of Mathematics, Institute of Applied Sciences and Humanities, GLA University, 281 406, Mathura, Uttar Pradesh, India
3
Departamento de Física, Facultad de Ciencias Básicas, Universidad de Antofagasta, Casilla 170, Antofagasta, Chile
4
Astrophysics and Cosmology Research Unit, School of Mathematics, Statistics and Computer Science, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Private Bag X54001, 4000, Durban, South Africa
Received:
8
August
2021
Accepted:
7
September
2021
Published online:
25
September
2021
In this article, we develop a theoretical framework to study compact stars in Einstein gravity with the Gauss–Bonnet (GB) combination of quadratic curvature terms. We mainly analyzed the dependence of the physical properties of these compact stars on the Gauss–Bonnet coupling strength. This work is motivated by the relations that appear in the framework of the minimal geometric deformation approach to gravitational decoupling (MGD-decoupling), we establish an exact anisotropic version of the interior solution in Einstein–Gauss–Bonnet gravity. In fact, we specify a particular form for gravitational potentials in the MGD approach that helps us to determine the decoupling sector completely and ensure regularity in interior space-time. The interior solutions have been (smoothly) joined with the Boulware–Deser exterior solution for 5D space-time. In particular, two different solutions have been reported which comply with the physically acceptable criteria: one is the mimic constraint for the pressure and the other approach is the mimic constraint for density. We present our solution both analytically and graphically in detail.
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