Anisotropic solutions by gravitational decoupling

We investigate the extension of isotropic interior solutions for static self-gravitating systems to include the effects of anisotropic spherically symmetric gravitational sources by means of the gravitational decoupling realised via the minimal geometric deformation approach. In particular, the matching conditions at the star surface with the outer Schwarzschild space-time are studied in great details, and we describe how to generate, from a single physically acceptable isotropic solution, new families of anisotropic solutions whose physical acceptability is also inherited from their isotropic parent.Comment: 20 pages, 4 figures; references and typos corrected; final version to match the EPJC versio

Compact star in Tolman Kuchowicz spacetime in background of Einstein Gauss Bonnet gravity

The present work is devoted to the study of anisotropic compact matter distributions within the framework of 5-dimensional Einstein-Gauss-Bonnet gravity. To solve the field equations, we have considered that the inner geometry is described by Tolman-Kuchowicz spacetime. The Gauss-Bonnet Lagrangian is coupled to Einstein-Hilbert action through a coupling constant. When this coupling tends to zero general relativity results are recovered. We analyze the effect of this parameter on the principal salient features of the model, such as energy density, radial and tangential pressure and anisotropy factor.Additionally, the behaviour of the subliminal sound speed of the pressure waves in the principal direction of the configuration and the conduct of the energy-momentum tensor throughout the star are analyzed employing causality condition and energy conditions, respectively. All these subjects are supported by mean of physical, mathematical and graphical surve

No-go theorem for static scalar field dark matter halos with no Noether charges

Classical scalar fields have been considered as a possible effective description of dark matter. We show that, for any metric theory of gravity, no static, spherically symmetric, regular, spatially localized, attractive, stable spacetime configuration can be sourced by the coherent excitation of a scalar field with positive definite energy density and no Noether charges. In the weak-field regime the result also applies for configurations with a repulsive gravitational potential. This extends Derrick's theorem to the case of a general (non-canonical) scalar field, including the self-gravitational effects. Some possible ways out are briefly discussed.Comment: 6 pages, no figures. The Appendix A does not appear in the printed versio