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PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS
Volume 116, Issue 15, Pages -Publisher
AMER PHYSICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.116.151103
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- Danish National Research Foundation [DNRF90]
- Lundbeck Foundation [R82-2011-7286] Funding Source: researchfish
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Scalar-tensor theories of gravity can lead to modifications of the gravitational force inside astrophysical objects. We exhibit that compact stars such as white dwarfs provide a unique setup to test beyond Horndeski theories of G(3) type. We obtain stringent and independent constraints on the parameter Upsilon characterizing the deviations from Newtonian gravity using the mass-radius relation, the Chandrasekhar mass limit, and the maximal rotational frequency of white dwarfs. We find that white dwarfs impose stronger constraints on Upsilon than red and brown dwarfs.
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