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20242026
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6 papers

gr-qc2026

Neutron stars with primary scalar hair

Hamza Boumaza, Christos Charmousis, David Langlois +1

We investigate static and spherically symmetric neutron star solutions endowed with primary scalar hair in a subfamily of Degenerate-Higher-Order-Scalar-Tensor (DHOST) theories of…

gr-qc2026

Radial Oscillations of Neutron Stars with Vector-Induced Scalar Hair

Hamza Boumaza

In this paper, we investigate the equilibrium configurations and radial perturbations of neutron stars within a subclass of gauge-invariant Scalar-Vector-Tensor (SVT) theories. By…

hep-ph2026

Axial Quasi-normal Modes of Admixed Neutron Stars

Hamza Boumaza, Boris Betancourt Kamenetskaia

We study axial quasi-normal modes of admixed neutron stars composed of ordinary nuclear matter and a self-interacting bosonic dark matter component. The equilibrium configurations…

gr-qc2025

Neutron stars in degenerate higher-order scalar-tensor theories: Axial perturbations

Hamza Boumaza, David Langlois

We study the axial (or odd-parity) perturbations of neutron stars in a one-parameter subclass of Degenerate Higher-Order Scalar-tensor (DHOST) theories. After recalling the equilib…

gr-qc2025

Scalar quasinormal modes of gravastars

Hamza Boumaza

In this work, we present a detailed investigation of gravastars within the framework of scalar-tensor theories, emphasizing both the background and perturbed levels for trivial and…

gr-qc2024

Neutron Stars in Scalar Torsion Theories with Nonminimal Coupling

Youcef Kehal, Khireddine Nouicer, Hamza Boumaza

We study the existence and structure of static and slowly rotating neutron stars (NSs) in a particular truncation of scalar torsion theory with a scalar field non-minimally c…