Neutron stars in modified teleparallel gravity
S. G. Vilhena, S. B. Duarte, M. Dutra, P. J. Pompeia
Abstract
Abstract We investigate compact objects in modified teleparallel gravity with realistic equations of state. We propose a modification of Teleparallel Equivalent to General Relativity, then an appropriate tetrad is applied to the field equations. A specific set of relations showing an equivalency between our gravitational model and the New General Relativity is found. The conservation equation implies that our Tolman-Oppenheimer-Volkoff equations are presented with an effective gravitational coupling constant. Numerical analysis using realistic equations of state is made, and the behavior of mass, radius, and the relation mass-radius as functions of a free parameter of our model is also investigated.