Junction conditions in Palatinif(R) gravity

We work out the junction conditions forf(R) gravity formulated in metric-affine (Palatini) spaces using a tensor distributional approach. These conditions are needed for building consistent models of gravitating bodies with an interior and exterior regions matched at some hypersurface. Some of these...

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Autores: Olmo, Gonzalo J., Rubiera García, Diego
Tipo de documento: artigo
Data de publicação:2020
País:España
Recursos:Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM)
Repositório:Docta Complutense
Idioma:inglês
OAI Identifier:oai:docta.ucm.es:20.500.14352/6670
Acesso em linha:https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/6670
Access Level:Acceso aberto
Palavra-chave:51-73
F(R) Theories
Hypersurfaces
Brane.
Física-Modelos matemáticos
Física matemática
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Resumo:We work out the junction conditions forf(R) gravity formulated in metric-affine (Palatini) spaces using a tensor distributional approach. These conditions are needed for building consistent models of gravitating bodies with an interior and exterior regions matched at some hypersurface. Some of these conditions depart from the standard Darmois-Israel ones of general relativity and from their metricf(R) counterparts. In particular, we find that the trace of the stress-energy momentum tensor in the bulk must be continuous across the matching hypersurface, though its normal derivative need not to. We illustrate the relevance of these conditions by considering the properties of stellar surfaces in polytropic models, showing that the range of equations of state with potentially pathological effects is shifted beyond the domain of physical interest. This confirms, in particular, that neutron stars and white dwarfs can be safely modelled within the Palatinif(R) framework.