We study equilibrium configurations of a homogenous ball of matter in a bootstrapped description of gravity which includes a gravitational self-interaction term beyond the Newtonian coupling. Both matter density and pressure are accounted for as sources of the gravitational potential for test particles. Unlike the general relativistic case, no Buch- dahl limit is found and the pressure can in principle support a star of arbitrarily large compactness. By defining the hori- zon as the location where the escape velocity of test particles equals the speed of light, like in Newtonian gravity, we find a minimum value of the compactness for which this occurs. The solutions for the gravitational potential here found could effectively describe the interior of macroscopic black holes in the quantum theory, as well as predict consequent devia- tions from general relativity in the strong field regime of very compact objects.

Bootstrapped Newtonian stars and black holes

Casadio, Roberto;Lenzi, Michele;
2019

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We study equilibrium configurations of a homogenous ball of matter in a bootstrapped description of gravity which includes a gravitational self-interaction term beyond the Newtonian coupling. Both matter density and pressure are accounted for as sources of the gravitational potential for test particles. Unlike the general relativistic case, no Buch- dahl limit is found and the pressure can in principle support a star of arbitrarily large compactness. By defining the hori- zon as the location where the escape velocity of test particles equals the speed of light, like in Newtonian gravity, we find a minimum value of the compactness for which this occurs. The solutions for the gravitational potential here found could effectively describe the interior of macroscopic black holes in the quantum theory, as well as predict consequent devia- tions from general relativity in the strong field regime of very compact objects.
2019
Casadio, Roberto; Lenzi, Michele; Micu, Octavian
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