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Stars in the braneworld

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We show that in a Randall-Sundrum II type braneworld, the vacuum exterior of a spherical star is not in general a Schwarzschild spacetime, but has radiative-type stresses induced by 5-dimensional graviton effects. Standard matching conditions do not lead to a unique exterior on the brane because of these 5-dimensional graviton effects. We find an exact uniform-density stellar solution on the brane, and show that the general relativity upper bound $GM/R<{4\over9}$ is reduced by 5-dimensional high-energy effects. The existence of neutron stars leads to a constraint on the brane tension that is stronger than the big bang nucleosynthesis constraint, but weaker than the Newton-law experimental constraint. We present two different non-Schwarzschild exteriors that match the uniform-density star on the brane, and we give a uniqueness conjecture for the full 5-dimensional problem.

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gr-qc 1 hep-th 1

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2026 1 2025 1

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UNVERDICTED 2

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Buchdahl stars and bounds with cosmological constant

gr-qc · 2025-07-01 · unverdicted · novelty 4.0

Generalized Buchdahl bounds on horizonless object compactness are derived in the presence of a cosmological constant, preserving universality while yielding method-dependent results.

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  • Buchdahl stars and bounds with cosmological constant gr-qc · 2025-07-01 · unverdicted · none · ref 18 · internal anchor

    Generalized Buchdahl bounds on horizonless object compactness are derived in the presence of a cosmological constant, preserving universality while yielding method-dependent results.

  • Astrophysical environment around a black hole in the braneworld and its optical signatures hep-th · 2026-05-14 · unverdicted · none · ref 28 · internal anchor

    Braneworld quadratic and nonlocal corrections weaken gravity in anisotropic Einstein-cluster environments around black holes, blocking horizon formation and shifting Einstein-ring and shadow radii in ways that may constrain brane tension for sub-stellar-mass objects.