Charged compact star in $f(R,T)$ gravity in Tolman-Kuchowicz spacetime

TL;DR

This paper models a charged compact star within $f(R,T)$ gravity using Tolman-Kuchowicz spacetime, demonstrating a physically valid and stable solution that matches observational data and satisfies stability criteria.

Contribution

It introduces a new charged star model in $f(R,T)$ gravity with Tolman-Kuchowicz metric potentials, ensuring singularity-free, stable, and physically consistent solutions.

Findings

Model satisfies all energy conditions.

Results lie within physically accepted regimes.

Model matches observational data for SAX J 1808.4-3658.

Abstract

In this current study, our main focus is to model a specific charged compact star SAX J 1808.4-3658 (M = 0.88 $M_{\odot}$,\, R = 8.9 km) within the realm of $f(R,\,T)$ modified gravity theory using the metric potentials proposed by Tolman-Kuchowicz (Tolman, Phys Rev 55:364, 1939; Kuchowicz Acta Phys Pol 33:541, 1968) and the interior spacetime is matched to the exterior Reissner-Nordstr\"{o}m line element at the surface of the star. Tolman-Kuchowicz metric potentials provide a singularity-free solution which satisfies the stability criteria. Here we have used the simplified phenomenological MIT bag model equation of state (EoS) to solve Einstein-Maxwell field equations where the density profile ($\rho$) is related to the radial pressure ($p_r$) as $p_r(r) = (\rho - 4B_g)/3$. Further, to derive the values of unknown constants $a,\, b,\, B,\, C$ and the bag constant $B_g$, we match our interior space-time to the exterior Reissner-Nordstr\"{o}m line element at the surface of stellar system. In addition to this, to check the physical validity and stability of our suggested model, we evaluate some important properties such as effective energy density, effective pressures, radial and transverse sound velocities, relativistic adiabatic index, all energy conditions, compactness factor and surface redshift. It is depicted from our current study that all our derived results lie within the physically accepted regime which provides the viability of our present model in the context of $f(R,\,T)$ modified gravity.