22–23 May 2025
HUN-REN Centre
Europe/Budapest timezone

The effect of extra dimensions on astrophysical observables

23 May 2025, 15:00
30m
HUN-REN Centre

HUN-REN Centre

1054 Budapest Alkotmány utca 29.

Speaker

Anna Horváth

Description

Kaluza and Klein proposed a theory with a compactified extra dimension, which may appear in high-energy phenomena, such as nuclear reactions, strong gravitational effects, or in the presence of superdense matter. In this work, I show how astrophysical observables will be modified in the presence of extra compactified dimensions.

The interior of a compact star is modelled as a multidimensional interacting degenerate Fermi gas, embedded in a static, spherically symmetric spacetime with extra compactified spatial dimensions. The equation of state of this extreme medium is given and compared to the standard models of superdense matter. The modification of the mass-radius relation of compact stars is calculated and compared to realistic star models and astrophysical observation data. The interaction strength has been determined for this extraordinary matter. Constraints on the size of the extra dimension have been estimated based on pulsar measurements [1-3].

[1] A. Horváth, E. Forgács-Dajka, G.G. Barnaföldi: "Application of Kaluza-Klein Theory in Modeling Compact Stars: Exploring Extra Dimensions", MNRAS, https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stae2637
[2] A. Horváth, E. Forgács-Dajka, G.G. Barnaföldi: "The effect of multiple extra dimensions on the maximal mass of compact stars in Kaluza-Klein space-time", IJMPA, https://doi.org/10.1142/S0217751X25420047
[3] A. Horváth, E. Forgács-Dajka, G.G. Barnaföldi: ”Speed of sound in Kaluza-Klein Fermi gas”, Accepted into: Acta Physica Polonica, DOI: 10.48550/arXiv.2502.04974

Primary authors

Anna Horváth Emese Forgacs-Dajka (Eövös University, Department of Astronomy, Budapest, Hungary) Gergely Barnafoldi (Wigner RCP RMI of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences)

Presentation materials