Limits on stellar structures in Lovelock theories of gravity

Abstract

We study the bound on the compactness of a stellar object in pure Lovelock theories of arbitrary order in arbitrary spacetime dimensions, involving electromagnetic field. The bound we derive for a generic pure Lovelock theory, reproduces the known results in four dimensional Einstein gravity. Both the case of a charged shell and that of a charge sphere demonstrates that for a given spacetime dimension, stars in general relativity are more compact than the stars in pure Lovelock theories. In addition, as the strength of the Maxwell field increases, the stellar structures become more compact, i.e., the radius of the star decreases. In the context of four dimensional Einstein-Gauss-Bonnet gravity as well, an increase in the strength of the Gauss-Bonnet coupling (behaving as an effective electric charge), increases the compactness of the star. Implications are discussed.

arXiv commentv2, minor revision, published version, 36 pages, 7 figures

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